The data shows traffic was down 7.5% from this time last year, with about 273,000 fewer cars entering the congestion relief zone, below 60th Street, last week, the MTA said. The area below 60th ...

President Donald Trump and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul have spoken twice in the past week about ending congestion pricing in ...

After nearly two decades of debate, New York City implemented congestion pricing this month, imposing a $9 toll on private vehicles entering the Central Business District during peak hours.

The city has begun charging drivers to enter a central business district—but not all areas are reaping the benefits.

Who are you going to believe — the MTA's new daily updated data or, to paraphrase Chico Marx, your own truth-tellin' eyes?

Results from the first week are in: Congestion pricing is helping break up the city’s infamous gridlock. The number of cars entering the zone below 60th Street is down about 8% from baseline ...

These zones restrict the entry of high-polluting vehicles or charge them a fee ... the city first began implementing congestion pricing in 2003. Their Low Emission Zone (LEZ) followed in 2008 ...

The data also shows that approximately 219,000 fewer vehicles entered the Congestion Relief Zone—anywhere south of 60th Street—during that period. Perhaps most telling is the fact that those ...

Traffic on New York City’s busiest streets dropped by 7.5%, and morning travel times fell on most major crossings into Manhattan during the first work week of the city’s congestion pricing ...

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the MTA measured a reduction of about 7.51% in the number of vehicles entering the "congestion relief zone" below 60th Street in Manhattan. About 583,000 vehicles drive into the zone on an average ...

Numbers show, from last Sunday to Friday, between 475,000 to 561,000 cars drove into the congestion zone, a number which the MTA estimates this time of year would normally be closer to 583,000.