E-ZPass readers and license plate-scanning cameras over Park Avenue in New York, on April 24, 2025. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Could a $9 toll change notorious traffic? New York became the first American city to find out.
A year ago, it began charging drivers for entering Manhattan’s busiest central neighborhoods during peak hours. Critics called it a cash grab, and President Donald Trump even vowed to kill it.
But a year in, congestion pricing has largely proved to be a success, according to new data released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — the agency...
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