MTA, congestion pricing

Is congestion pricing working? What MTA report tells us about Manhattan toll’s first week
Traffic entering Manhattan below 60th Street dropped by 7.5% in the first week after the start of a controversial $9 toll on driving in that area.
MTA shares initial impacts of congestion pricing: Here are the changes in traffic
With the first full week of congestion pricing in the books, the MTA shared data showing the initial impacts of the controversial plan. And the agency claims it is working. According to their new numbers,
Nation's 1st congestion pricing 'working,' preliminary data shows: MTA
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.
Congestion pricing tolls apply for some Queensboro Bridge drivers, MTA says
The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge has been toll-free since it first opened to traffic back in 1909, but some drivers are now being charged because of congestion pricing, whether they know it or not. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
This is the first MTA project ‘unlocked' thanks to money from congestion pricing tolls
The MTA shared what the first thing was they bought with the toll money that has come in since the controversial congestion pricing plan was put into effect on Sunday.
Congestion pricing 1st-week data shows 7.5% fewer vehicles in zone and faster travel, MTA says
The MTA said 7.5% fewer vehicles entered the zone below 60th Street during the first week in which drivers had to pay the congestion pricing toll.
MTA mum on congestion pricing revenue
Systemwide, the MTA anticipated a 1% increase in transit ridership with congestion pricing, but day-to-day fluctuations make it hard to pinpoint the impact, said Michaelson.
MTA: Fewer vehicles entered congestion pricing zone in first week
The faster speeds were most pronounced in the morning rush, when cars moved 39% faster through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and 28% faster across the Brooklyn Bridge.
New Yorkers to face new taxes as MTA confronts $33 billion shortfall, even with congestion pricing
New York lawmakers returned to Albany Wednesday faced with the daunting task of finding more cash for the MTA. New taxes and fees are needed to fill a $33 billion budget shortfall, and it's not coming from congestion pricing.
Manhattan traffic down nearly 8% in first week of congestion pricing: MTA
Traffic in Midtown and lower Manhattan was down nearly 8% after the first full week of congestion tolling, according to preliminary traffic data released Monday by the MTA.
Congestion Pricing Has Eased NYC Traffic. Not Everyone Is Happy.
The introduction of a $9 congestion fee has resulted in faster speeds on some of the city’s famously snarled streets and fewer commuters on the bridges and tunnels. “The traffic is absolutely less, even during rush hour,
Kamillah Hanks calls on MTA to fix flawed congestion pricing disability exemption plan
What was meant to provide critical relief has instead devolved into a bureaucratic nightmare." — Kamillah Hanks ...
The M.T.A. Is Counting on Congestion Pricing to Fix Mass Transit
The money raised from tolls will be used for essential repairs to New York City’s subways and buses. Without the upgrades, ...
‘Running there’: NYC starts congestion pricing. Then Shake Shack does this in response
In an effort to make NYC less chaotic by minimizing traffic, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has added a new toll.
Meet the brothers who built NYC’s favorite congestion pricing tracking tool
Now that New York City has finally flipped the switch on congestion pricing, the big question is: Will it work? And if so, ...
‘Picking the pockets of families:’ Lawmakers seek to curb N.Y.C.’s congestion pricing
New Jersey and New York lawmakers reintroduce trio of anti congestion pricing bills as the program heads into it s second ...
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Congestion pricing causing new battle to park among drivers in residential neighborhoods
Since the plan went into effect a little over a week ago, drivers have become desperate to find ways to park above 60th ...
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Think you owe a congestion pricing fine? Scammers may be behind it
As New York City's congestion pricing program takes effect, scammers are using phishing schemes to exploit drivers, posing as ...
NJ Gov. Phil Murphy rips moochers Kathy Hochul, NY over congestion toll: ‘We have not stopped fighting’
New Jersey is still smarting over the new $9 congestion toll. In his annual policy address Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy took a ...