A crowded subway car in the congestion pricing era in February 2025.
Photo by Dean Moses
If a federal court grants a Trump administration order to kill congestion pricing in NYC, the fate of numerous major MTA public transportation projects — and of reliable service throughout the subway system — could be in serious jeopardy.
Congestion pricing, designed mostly to help pay for infrastructure projects including the Second Avenue Subway, new rail cars and other necessary upgrades, faced a roadblock on Feb. 19 when Trump’s U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) pulled its Biden-era support of the toll program.
If the program ultimately gets scrapped, it would leave
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