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The bill spares drivers and local businesses in NYC from new cordon tolls and immediate out-of-pocket costs, but at the cost of forgoing a federally supported congestion-pricing tool that could reduce traffic, improve air quality, and provide funding for local transportation projects—potentially shifting fiscal and health burdens onto taxpayers and vulnerable residents.
NYC drivers, residents, and commuters entering the central business district avoid new cordon tolls, keeping more disposable income and avoiding per-trip charges.
Local businesses and delivery services in the central business district avoid added per-trip toll costs, lowering operating expenses and protecting small-business margins and delivery prices.
State and local governments lose a federal congestion-pricing policy option and potential associated federal support, reducing a source of funding for transportation projects and likely forcing local officials to find alternative revenue.
Public transit riders, pedestrians, and low-income New Yorkers may experience worse air quality and slower transit service because continued higher vehicle volumes without cordon pricing undermines emissions reductions and transit speeds.
Drivers and commuters in the central business district lose a congestion-reduction tool, which could mean persistently higher traffic levels and longer commute times.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars the Secretary of Transportation from using the federal value pricing pilot to establish or maintain cordon (CBD) tolling for New York City's Central Business District Tolling Program.
Prohibits the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from establishing or maintaining cordon (central business district) tolling for New York City under the federal value pricing pilot program that supports the Central Business District Tolling Program. It adds a specific statutory bar to federal authority for cordon pricing in New York City, overriding other provisions of that subsection of federal law.
Official title: To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to prohibit cordon pricing in the Central Business District Tolling Program for New York City, and for other purposes.
Introduced January 13, 2025 by Nicole Malliotakis · Last progress January 13, 2025