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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. “It has been a very good ...

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, ...

Drivers saved travel time entering Manhattan’s central business district during the first week of congestion pricing, according to the MTA. Congestion pricing began in New York City on Sunday, Jan. 5.

“This has absolutely met our expectations. The numbers are impressive,” said Juliette Michaelson, an MTA official. According to the MTA, traffic south of 60th Street was down 8% during the 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.

“It has been a very good week here in New York,” said Juliette Michaelson, MTA’s deputy chief of policy and external relations and a chief architect of the agency’s congestion pricing plan.

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