recent York becomes first US city with congestion fee

The first congestion fee scheme for vehicles in the US has arrive into result in recent York.

Car drivers will pay up to $9 (£7) a day, with varying rates for other vehicles.

The congestion zone covers an area south of central park, taking in well known sites such as the Empire State Building, Times Square and the financial district around Wall Street

The scheme aims to ease recent York’s notorious traffic problems and raise billions for the community transport network, but has faced resistance, including from famous recent Yorker and President-elect Donald Trump.

recent York state Governor Kathy Hochul made the case for a congestion fee two years ago, but it was delayed and revised following complaints from some commuters and businesses.

The recent schedule revives one scheme that she paused in June, saying there were “too many unintended consequences for recent Yorkers”.

Most drivers will be charged $9 once per day to enter the congestion zone at peak hours, and $2.25 at other times.

tiny trucks and non-commuter buses will pay $14.40 to enter Manhattan at peak times, while larger trucks and tourist buses will pay a $21.60 fee.

The fee has been met with plenty of opposition, including from taxi drivers’ associations.

But its most high-profile opposition has arrive from Trump, a native recent Yorker who has vowed to kill the scheme when he returns to office this month.

Local Republicans have already asked him to intervene.

Congressman Mike Lawler, who represents a suburban district just north of recent York City, asked Trump in November to commit to “ending this absurd congestion pricing money grab once and for all”.

A judge denied an 11th-hour attempt Friday by neighbouring recent Jersey state officials to block the scheme on grounds of its environmental impact on adjoining areas.

Last year, recent York City was named the globe’s most-congested urban area for the second year in a row, according to INRIX, a traffic-data analysis firm.

Vehicles in downtown Manhattan drove at a speed of 11mph (17km/h) during peak morning periods in the first quarter of last year, the update said.