The congestion pricing tolls lawsuit has been settled permanently.
According to an article from www.law360.com, a New York federal judge on Tuesday dismissed for good an amended lawsuit claiming congestion pricing tolls wrongfully discriminate against commercial truckers.
The judge stated that a trade group representing New York motor carriers presented no new facts or evidence suggesting the tolls were unreasonable or unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman granted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority’s motion to dismiss the Trucking Association of New York’s constitutional challenge to New York’s Central Business District Tolling Program, better known as congestion pricing.
A week before, Liman ruled in favor of New York officials against the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the program, finding in a separate lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Transportation acted unlawfully when it purportedly terminated a federal agreement that gave New York’s congestion pricing the green light.
In this case, Liman said he already “extensively considered and rejected” TANY’s arguments in his earlier preliminary injunction and motion to dismiss rulings. TANY still didn’t come back with any new facts or supporting evidence, according to the judge.
“Without new relevant factual allegations, any intervening change in law, or any other showing of clear error or other compelling reason for reconsideration, the court incorporates the legal conclusions it reached in Chan I and Chan II,” Judge Liman said, referring to the earlier rulings.
TANY sued in May 2024, claiming congestion pricing would subject commercial trucks and vans to the “most egregious and aggressive tolling” in violation of federal law. Judge Liman in April 2025 dismissed the suit, but allowed TANY to amend its dormant commerce clause and Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preemption claims.
The group filed a first amended complaint in June 2025, saying congestion pricing was illegal and violated the dormant commerce clause because trucks make up only 4% of vehicle traffic, but pay the highest toll. It also said that taxis and for-hire vehicles are treated much more favorably, and that truck drivers have no choice but to enter the CBD multiple times a day and are the only ones required to pay a fee each time.
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