Head of Federal Highway Administration informed New York that the traffic-calming program ‘must cease’

The Trump administration has ordered New York City to end its congestion pricing program by 21 March.

In a letter dated 20 February and publicized on Wednesday, the US transportation department’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) executive director, Gloria Shepherd, informed New York state and city officials that they “must cease the collection of tolls on federal-aid highways in the [central business district tolling program] area by March 21, 2025”.