Congestion Pricing

Delivery trucks line up outside the Hunts Point Produce Market in The Bronx.

New Fridge Units Planned for Hunts Point as Congestion Pricing’s Clean Air Efforts Kick In

Jan. 23, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 22, 2025, 5:27 p.m.

These are the first of the MTA promised pollution mitigation measures to make up for additional traffic neighborhoods outside of the Central Business District.

A driver heads under a congestion pricing toll near an entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: A New Year and a New Toll

Jan. 6, 2025, 10:16 p.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 10:16 p.m.

On the first weekday of NYC’s new congestion-pricing era that’s already being threatened by the incoming Trump istration, Jose Martinez, THE CITY’s senior reporter covering transportation, offers some perspective on what this means for the trains and streets inside the zone and throughout the five boroughs: “Politicians use the words historical a lot, but I […]

A driver stops at a red light near a congressional pricing scanner next to City Hall in lower Manhattan.

Congestion Pricing

Car Tolls Turn on in Manhattan as MTA Waits for Money and Results to Roll In

Jan. 6, 2025, 11:43 a.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 10:18 p.m.

On the first days, drivers struggled to avoid paying the congestion charge. One even said she’d leave New York because of it.

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at her Midtown office about congestion pricing funds being used to complete the Interborough Express.

Transit

Hochul Says Congestion Pricing to Start Jan. 5 — Before Trump Takes Office

Nov. 14, 2024, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 14, 2024, 7:06 p.m.

The tolling scheme is back on track with a lower price point, and the governor says she’s “looking for from the federal government to our shared goals of making this a world-class system.”

Congestion pricing toll readers were ready for use at Columbus Circle.

Traffic

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Nov. 13, 2024, 7:05 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 9:23 p.m.

Multiple sources say MTA board will be briefed this week on the governor’s plans to revive the vehicle tolling scheme and bring the base per-day rate down from $15.

Traffic

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

Nov. 6, 2024, 11:32 a.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 7:26 p.m.

The once and future president months ago said that he would kill the vehicle tolling program, but if Gov. Kathy Hochul acts quickly, there may be hope.

A cabbie drives under a congestion pricing toll placed at 60th Street and 11th Avenue before the plan was put on indefinite hold.

Traffic

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Sept. 26, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2024, 5:42 a.m.

A pair of cases that seek to revive the vehicle tolling program will rev up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Congestion pricing advocates rally at the Bowling Green station ahead of MTA board meeting, Sept. 25, 2024.

Transit

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Sept. 25, 2024, 12:23 p.m.Sept. 26, 2024, 5:25 a.m.

The transit agency’s next five-year capital budget got the green light, but board and transit advocates are imploring Albany to figure out where the funding will come from.