A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City in its ...

“Just look out the window: there is less traffic, quieter streets, and we think everyone has seen it,” said Juliette Michaelson, the MTA deputy chief of policy and external relations.

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 ...

Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first ...

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.

Systemwide, the MTA anticipated a 1% increase in transit ridership with congestion pricing, but day-to-day fluctuations make ...

“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.

"The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of vehicles entering what had been the most congested district in the country," Juliette Michaelson, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ...

"The greatest improvements are on inbound river crossings," said MTA Deputy Chief of Policy and External Relations Juliette Michaelson. "The effect is particularly pronounced in the morning commute." ...

"The program is working. It looks like it's working. It feels like it’s working,” Juliette Michaelson, deputy chief of policy and external relations for the MTA, said at the briefing.