Adams was in favor when Hochul decided to put congestion pricing back on track after pausing it last year. Lander and Williams had slammed Hochul when she paused the plan. Lander even backed a lawsuit against Hochul, claiming she’d violated the law.
After years of debate and delays, congestion pricing officially came to New Jersey and New York on Jan. 5. On top of paying the toll to take the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge, you now have to pay an additional $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th street during peak hours.
NYC’s congestion pricing cuts traffic, emissions, and funds transit. Paired with Europe’s low-emission zones, it’s a blueprint for sustainable, livable cities.
NYC’s 2025 congestion pricing found fewer personal cars on Manhattan’s roads and more cabs over its first five days, a Bloomberg analysis of 75,000 cars show.
NJ lawyers will no longer pursue their appeal to immediately halt congestion pricing. But they plan to file an amended complaint with new arguments.
Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first plan of its kind is working, officials said.
Boston has notoriously bad traffic, but does it have to be that way? Economists, planners, transit advocates, and politicians in Massachusetts are closely monitoring what’s happening in New York, now that congestion pricing has gone into effect.
Early data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suggests that traffic has dropped around Manhattan’s core.
"Much like taxes on cigarettes, which have done little to extinguish the habit but have generated revenue for related healthcare costs, this surcharge is poised to become a financial crutch rather than a solution,
As very big supporters of congestion pricing, we are thrilled by the early indications of reduced traffic in Midtown and Downtown; now the MTA must provide details on the revenue generated from
When congestion pricing arrived two weeks ago, it was a happy new year reminder that New York can still try big things.  It’s early, but the streets of Manhattan have felt notably less congested