NY Fires Back in Congestion Fight With Trump to Keep Toll Alive

New York fired a salvo in the fight to shield its congestion pricing program from the Trump administration’s push to shut it down, indicating it is now poised to seek an immediate court order in its lawsuit to protect the traffic tolling plan.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hasn’t yet asked for such a freeze. But it said in a letter Friday that it has reached an “impasse” in talks to stop the US Department of Transportation from trying to kill the system, which has been up and running for four months. The MTA suggested it will ask the judge on the case to issue a preliminary injunction blocking DOT from withholding federal approvals or funding for New York as it continues to impose the toll.