INRIX, a transportation analytics company, similarly reported that the average travel speed in the congestion relief zone was 12 miles per hour at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, slightly slower than the 12.1 m.p.h. at the same time on the corresponding Tuesday in early 2024.

Congestion pricing was introduced on Sunday morning in the center of New York City — despite a late attempt by New Jersey to stop it in court.

Drivers, business owners and residents expressed mixed feelings after the first morning rush hour under New York City’s tolling plan.

Congestion pricing got its first rush hour test on Monday morning, with MTA officials saying it was a smooth ride and drivers grumbling about the $9 fee to enter parts of Manhattan.

Congestion pricing could generate revenue many cities are desperate for, while simultaneously easing traffic and improving air quality. But legal challenges and President-elect Do

Could it cost drivers more to bring their cars into downtown Chicago? The idea is being weighed after New York rolled out a program at the start of the year.

Preliminary traffic data is giving promising if occasionally mixed signals for the early days of congestion pricing’s impact on Manhattan’s busiest streets, with travel times down at Hudson River crossings but speeds within the zone slightly slower at key times of day year over year.

It affects vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street and covers areas that are typically clogged with traffic, including Times Square, the theater district, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea and SoHo.  New York City had the world's worst traffic in a 2023 scorecard from INRIX,

New York City’s congestion pricing program, charging drivers entering 60th Street and below in Manhattan, started Sunday, with MTA officials optimistic it will loosen traffic-clogged streets, drivers objecting to the first-such plan in the nation and firefighters' labor leaders predicting longer response times.

Traffic in the metro area is the second-worst in the world, tied with New York City, according to a report released Monday by the traffic data analytics firm INRIX.

Experts warn it's too early to tell what impact the tolls are having on Manhattan's notorious gridlock, but the view from the streets shows signs the program could be working.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to help end the new congestion pricing plan in New York City. He made the comments to supporters during a meeting with Republican members of New York's House delegation Saturday.