recent York is set to become the first city in the US to implement a congestion fee.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced pricing on sure roads would commence on 5 January to “unclog our streets, reduce pollution and deliver better community transit for millions of recent Yorkers”.

Hochul abruptly paused the programme in June as it was about to leave into result after pushback from some commuters and businesses. The revived schedule will carry lower fees than were originally proposed for vehicles entering designated zones of Manhattan

The congestion fee, however, faces opposition from incoming President Donald Trump.

Congestion pricing will apply to vehicles travelling in Manhattan below 60th Street, the heart of recent York’s metropolitan centre.

The programme is intended to generate financing for the beleaguered Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which manages the city’s subways, buses, and other forms of community transit, while also easing recent York’s interminable traffic.

Hochul announced on Thursday that under the revised scheme the daytime toll for cars will be $9 – it was previously planned to be $15.

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

Riders Alliance, a community transit advocacy throng that has backed congestion pricing, praised Hochul’s revival of the programme.

“We’ll continue to fight together to make sure the schedule is implemented and funds the projects riders really require,” they wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Hochul’s schedule would implement congestion pricing before one of its highest-profile critics, Trump, is sworn in as US president in January.

“I have great regard for the Governor of recent York, Kathy Hochul, and look forward to working with her to Make recent York and America Great Again. But I strongly dissent with the selection on the congestion levy,” Trump told the recent York Post, a conservative tabloid, in an interview on Wednesday.

Local Republicans have already asked him to intervene.

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

At a press conference on Wednesday, Hochul said she planned to shift ahead with the schedule regardless of who was in power in Washington.

“I’m not driven by the calendar of when people are elected or not elected,” she said.

Critics noted the congestion fee was resurrected a week after the US general election.