纽约-纽约的9美元的拥堵费尽管特朗普政府在复活节的最后期限前停止了全国首次收费，但进入曼哈顿最繁忙地区的大多数司机周日仍然有效。
监管通行费的州机构大都会运输管理局(Metropolitan Transportation Authority)周日证实，其交通摄像头系统继续对进入中央公园下方街区的大多数汽车收取费用。
唐纳德·特朗普总统的交通部长肖恩·达菲(Sean Duffy)在2月份撤销了对该计划的联邦批准，称其为“对美国工人阶级和小企业主的一记耳光”，并最初给了纽约直到3月21日服从。
MTA在联邦法院对达菲的决定提出质疑，达菲随后推迟截止日期倒退一个月，到4月20日。交通部坚称，即使诉讼结束，它也不会推迟截止日期，并表示，如果该州未能停止收费，它将“毫不犹豫地使用我们所掌握的一切工具”。
MTA政策和对外关系负责人约翰·j·麦卡锡(John J. McCarthy)周日表示，“如果有任何疑问，MTA、州和市在一份法庭文件中重申，拥堵费将继续存在，达菲部长试图阻止拥堵费的论点毫无价值。”。
美国运输部发言人周日没有立即回复寻求置评的消息。
这项收费从1月5日开始，不仅是为了减少交通堵塞，也是为了给纽约的地铁、通勤火车和公共汽车增加数十亿美元的收入。
但特朗普，其同名的特朗普大厦和其他财产都在拥堵区内，曾发誓要在上任后立即扼杀该计划。
与此同时，运输管理局继续宣扬收费计划的好处，称现在进入曼哈顿中心的车辆越来越少。
根据该机构的数据，3月份每天约有56万辆车进入拥堵区，比没有收费计划的情况下MTA项目将通过该地区的约64万辆车下降了13%本月早些时候发布.
该机构此前曾表示，它正在满足5亿美元的收入最初预计今年的拥堵费。
通行费根据车辆的类型和一天中的时间而有所不同，而且是在司机已经支付的通过桥梁和隧道进入曼哈顿的通行费之上。
世界上其他大城市，包括伦敦和斯德哥尔摩，也有类似的拥堵收费方案。
周四，一名曼哈顿联邦法官驳回一系列诉讼带来的当地卡车运输业和其他当地团体挑战收费。
这些诉讼中的大多数认为，联邦运输官员未经适当审查就批准了这项费用，法院应该下令完成一项更全面的环境影响研究。
Toll on Manhattan drivers remains in effect, despite Trump’s Easter Sunday deadline
NEW YORK --New York's$9 congestion tollon most drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan remained in effect Sunday, despite an Easter deadline from the Trump administration to halt the first-in-the-nation fee.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency overseeing the tolls, confirmed Sunday that its system of traffic cameras continues to collect the fee assessed on most cars entering the borough below Central Park.
President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, rescinded federal approval for the program in February, calling it “a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners,” and initially gave New Yorkuntil March 21to comply.
The MTA challenged Duffy’s decision in federal court and Duffy subsequentlypushed the deadlineback by a month, to April 20. The transportation department insisted it would not back off the deadline even as the court case plays out, saying it would “not hesitate to use every tool at our disposal” if the state failed to stop the toll.
“In case there were any doubts, MTA, State and City reaffirmed in a court filing that congestion pricing is here to stay and that the arguments Secretary Duffy made trying to stop it have zero merit," John J. McCarthy, the MTA's chief of policy and external relations, said Sunday.
Spokespersons for the U.S. Department of Transportation didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment Sunday.
The fee began Jan. 5 and is meant to not just reduce traffic jams but also raise billions of dollars in revenue for New York’s subways, commuter trains and public buses.
But Trump, whose namesake Trump Tower and other properties are within the congestion zone, had vowed to kill the plan as soon as he took office.
The transit authority, meanwhile, has continued to tout the benefits of the tolling program, saying fewer vehicles are now coming into the heart of Manhattan.
Around 560,000 vehicles per day entered the congestion zone in March, a 13% drop from the roughly 640,000 the MTA projects would have driven through the area without the tolling scheme, according to data the agencyreleased earlier this month.
The agency has previously said it's on track to meet the$500 million in revenueinitially projected this year from congestion pricing.
The toll varies depending on type of vehicle and time of day and comes on top of tolls drivers already pay to cross bridges and tunnels into Manhattan.
Other big cities around the world, including London and Stockholm, have similar congestion pricing schemes.
On Thursday, a Manhattan federal judgedismissed a series of lawsuitsbrought by thelocal trucking industry and other local groupschallenging the toll.
Most of those lawsuits had argued the fee was approved by federal transportation officials without proper scrutiny and that the court should order the completion of a more comprehensive environmental impact study.
