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    New York Is Set To Be First U.S. City To Impose Congestion Pricing

    Motorists will pay a flat daily fee to enter Manhattan south of 60th Street. The new program aims to reduce traffic gridlock while generating revenue for the city's stressed transit system.
    by Laurel Wamsley Apr 02, 2019 2 minutes
    After gaining approval from state lawmakers, New York will become the first U.S. city to levy fees on motorists who drive on some of its most congested streets. Here, traffic fills 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan in January 2018.

    New York will likely become the first major city in the U.S. to implement a charge for motorists entering its most traffic-clogged streets.

    The plan? To reduce gridlock while generating revenue for the city's stressed transit system.

    State lawmakers approved the deal on Sunday night, and the new tolls are slated to go into effect in 2021. The tolling is expected to generate, dedicated to funding the MTA, New York's transit authority.

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