E-ZPass readers and license plate-scanning cameras over Second Avenue in New York. (Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg)<\/p>\n
\n December 23, 2025 3:15 PM, EST<\/p>\n
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox<\/a>.]<\/p>\n A federal judge delayed his decision on the fate of New York City\u2019s congestion pricing initiative, setting oral arguments for Jan. 28 in the legal fight over new tolls on some of Manhattan\u2019s busiest streets to fund transit improvements.\n \t \t\t<\/p>\n The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the city\u2019s transit system and implemented the toll<\/a>, sued in February after the Trump administration rescinded approvals<\/a> that had been granted under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n In May<\/a>, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman said he anticipated issuing a final judgment by the end of 2025. But on Dec. 23, he set a two-hour hearing for next month for both sides to make their case in person.\u00a0\n \t\t<\/p>\n New York City\u2019s congestion pricing program is the first of its kind in the U.S. It began on Jan. 5, 2025, with most passenger vehicles paying $9 during peak hours to drive into the tolled zone, which runs from 60th Street to the southern tip of the island. Trucks pay a higher fee.<\/p>\n