Trump Praises End to NYC Congestion Pricing (Connecting the Dots: Pete Buttigieg, The U.S. Department of Transportation, Oxford University, The FAA & Soros Funding, All Networking)
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By
Michael Katz | Wednesday, 19 February 2025 02:46 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-sean-duffy-nyc/2025/02/19/id/1199713/
President
Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the move by the U.S.
Department of Transportation's Highway Division
to rescind federal approval of New York City's congestion pricing program that
began Jan. 5.
The
program was hailed by Democrat leaders as a way to reduce traffic and raise
billions of dollars to upgrade the city's subway and bus systems.
"CONGESTION
PRICING IS DEAD," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "Manhattan, and all
of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
The
toll reportedly ranged from $4.50 for motorcycles to $9 for passenger
vehicles, and up to $21.60 for large trucks that enter a zone south of
60th Street in Manhattan. That was in addition to tolls drivers paid
for crossing various bridges and tunnels to get to the city, although there was
a credit of up to $3 for those who paid to enter Manhattan through certain
tunnels during peak hours.
Transportation
Secretary Sean Duffy criticized the toll program, saying it "leaves
drivers without any free highway alternative, and instead, takes more money
from working people to pay for a transit system and not highways."
In
November, Trump, whose Trump Tower building is in the toll zone, reportedly said congestion pricing "will put New
York City at a disadvantage over competing cities and states, and businesses
will flee."
"Not
only is this a massive tax to people coming in, it is extremely inconvenient
from both driving and personal booking keeping standards," he said at the
time. "It will be virtually impossible for New York City to come back as
long as the congestion tax is in effect."
The
toll was supposed to go into effect last year with a $15 charge, but Democrat
Gov. Kathy Hochul paused the program before the general election, when
congressional races in suburban areas across the city were considered to be
vital to her party's effort to retake control of Congress.
Not
long after the election, she rebooted the plan but at the lower $9 toll. She
denied politics were at play and said she thought the original $15 charge was
too much, though she had been a vocal supporter of the program before halting
it.
Connecting
the Dots:
Cynthia L.
Quarterman was an administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter Isaacson is
president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
John Brademas was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
Giulio Tremonti is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a fellow at Oxford University.
James M. Manyika is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a
research fellow at Oxford University.
Pete Buttigieg is a graduate at Oxford University,
attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship and the Secretary
of Transportation for the Joe Biden Administration.
William T.
Coleman Jr. was a secretary for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Richard N. Haass was
a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a Rhodes
scholar at Oxford University.
Strobe Talbott is
the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
E.J. Dionne is
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and
a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Urban Institute
(think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
William T.
Coleman Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban
Institute (think tank) and a secretary for the U.S. Department
of Transportation.
Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is a division of the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Aleksandra
Johnson is the chief of staff for the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), the director of public affairs for the U.S.
Department of Transportation and was the producer for CNN.
Walter Isaacson was
the chairman & CEO for CNN, a Rhodes scholar at
the Oxford University, is an overseer at the Harvard University and
the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Pete Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College,
the University of Oxford, attending the latter on a Rhodes
Scholarship and the Secretary of Transportation for
the Joe Biden Administration.
Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is a division of the U.S.
Department of Transportation.
Federal
Aviation Agency was the predecessor to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
Najeeb Halaby was
a director at the Federal Aviation Agency and is Queen
Noor’s mother.
Queen Noor is Najeeb
Halaby’s daughter, the Jordan queen dowager a
director at Refugees International and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees
International and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Walter Isaacson is
president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
John Brademas was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and
a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University.
Giulio Tremonti is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a fellow at Oxford University.
James M. Manyika is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was a
research fellow at Oxford University.
Pete Buttigieg is a graduate at Oxford University,
attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship and the Secretary
of Transportation for the Joe Biden Administration.
Resources:
Past Research
Rep.
Ken Buck on D.C.’s Swamp: Politicians Are ‘Bought with Taxpayer Dollars’ (Researchers
Note: Follow the Money!) (Past Research on the U.S.
Department of Transportation)
Saturday,
April 15, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/04/rep-ken-buck-on-dcs-swamp-politicians.html
Buttigieg
Defends Fed Response to Train Derailment in Ohio (Connecting the Dots: Pete
Buttigieg, Oxford University, The U.S. Department of Transportation, The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Federal Railroad Administration
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on Pete Buttigieg)
Saturday,
February 18, 2023
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2023/02/buttigieg-defends-fed-response-to-train.html
Pete
Buttigieg (Connecting the Dots: Pete Buttigieg, Oxford University, Rhodes
Scholarship, The FAA, American Airlines, United Airlines & Soros Funding,
All Networking) (Past Research on Pete Buttigieg)
Wednesday,
January 11, 2023
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