Commute times through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, including the last three miles of the Long Island Expressway, are down 22%.

(Barry Williams for New York Daily News) So, what’s the best way to avoid the congestion tolls if I’m going to New Jersey? No one will be tolled for leaving the congestion zone, only for entering.

Every new report on New York City’s congestion pricing program seems to tell the same story: It’s working. And the latest ...

"So far, the impact has been more positive than expected." NYC's controversial congestion pricing policy is four months old — here's how it's impacting commuters first appeared on The Cool Down.

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Gov. Hochul and NYC Mayor Eric Adams reintroduced congestion pricing following the 2024 election, which prices the toll at $9 (reduced from an initial rollout toll of $15.) The toll is set to ...

Where is the congestion pricing 'relief zone' in NYC? The Congestion Relief Zone encompasses streets below 60th Street, excluding FDR Drive, West Side Highway/Route 9A and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel ...

Congestion Relief Zone signage on Second Avenue as congestion pricing takes effect on January 5, 2025 in New York City. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx/AP “We desperately need greater investment in public transit.

Many of the first responders are paid just $18.94 an hour — the lowest of any frontline workers citywide — and can’t afford to pay $45 a week just to get to their jobs, said FDNY EMS Local 2507.

With congestion pricing to boot, “it’s going to be very bad for business,” he said. Food prices have rocketed 45% since 2020, he said, and his businesses barely made it out of the pandemic. 4 ...

The union representing city EMTs and paramedics urged its workers Friday to flee stations in Manhattan’s controversial congestion pricing zone to avoid getting hit by the $9 toll when driving to ...