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The bill protects drivers and nearby businesses from new congestion tolls but does so at the cost of removing a policy tool and revenue source that could reduce congestion and fund transportation improvements, potentially worsening traffic and constraining transit investments.
Drivers and commuters in affected corridors are spared new tolls or dynamic congestion charges, preserving current out-of-pocket commuting costs.
Local businesses near cordons or tolled zones avoid potential customer loss tied to congestion or cordon-pricing schemes, helping to protect small-business revenues.
Commuters and transportation users may continue to face congestion and longer travel times because a pricing tool intended to reduce peak demand is not available.
Local and state governments lose a potential user-fee revenue source for funding transit and road projects, which could mean delayed improvements or greater reliance on general funds or taxes.
The bill may slow adoption of modern traffic-management strategies and technology pilots that rely on dynamic pricing to manage peak demand, limiting innovation in congestion solutions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from establishing or maintaining federal value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing programs under 23 U.S.C. 149.
Introduced January 13, 2025 by Nicole Malliotakis · Last progress January 13, 2025
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from establishing or maintaining any federal value pricing program that includes value pricing, congestion pricing, or cordon pricing under the statute authorizing such programs. The change stops the federal government from operating or sustaining these specific pricing programs, which mainly affects federal involvement, approvals, or assistance for local and state congestion‑pricing efforts.