Manhattanites have one more reason to appreciate congestion pricing: early statistics show that roadways inside the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prior to congestion pricing ... An average 539,216 vehicles drove into the tolled zone per day during the first work week of the program, from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10, according to MTA data.

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.

That’s about 43,784 fewer vehicles on those streets, or a 7.5 percent decline, from an estimated 583,000 weekday baseline for January if congestion pricing weren’t in place, according to MTA data.

The congestion zone is the area between 60th Street and the southern tip of Manhattan, excluding the highways that run along the east and west sides of the borough. The central business district ...

The incoming president, who is originally from New York and whose Trump Tower resides within the Manhattan congestion zone, has been an outspoken critic, calling it a “disaster for NYC.” ...

Over the past year, residents in the neighborhoods outside the 60th Street congestion zone have repeatedly warned that their communities would be plagued with hellish gridlock and increased ...

They say there is no way to get from Manhattan to Queens without paying for the $9 fee, even though they have no intention of going into the congestion pricing zone. Andrew Joseph, who just moved ...

The system established what is known as a “Congestion Relief Zone” in Manhattan, with drivers assessed a toll when they enter the area. That $9 toll is either assessed to an EZ-PASS ...