Congestion Pricing Has Begun! Here is the ONLY Explainer You Need...

January 06, 2025  /  Marci Goldfarb

New York City officially entered the age of congestion pricing at 12:00:01 a.m. on Sunday, January 5.

At the most basic level, the toll to drive into the area of Manhattan below 60th Street has a peak period from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The remaining hours are considered the "overnight" period.

Now let's go over all the current costs (keeping in mind that all the fees below will rise 33 percent in 2028 and then another 25 percent in 2031):

  • Regular passenger vehicles: $9 (peak) and $2.25 (off-peak). One charge per day, no matter how many times a driver enters and leaves and returns.

  • Small trucks and charter buses: $14.40 (peak) and $3.60 (off-peak).

  • Tractor trailers: $21.60 (peak) and $5.40 (off-peak). Unlike cars, both classes of commercial trucks are charged each time they drive into the CBD.

  • Intercity commuter buses on fixed schedules and yellow school buses with city contracts to transport students are exempt from the toll: No toll at all.

  • Tour buses: $21.60 (peak) and $5.40 (off-peak).

  • Motorcycles: $4.50 (peak) and $1.05 (off-peak).

  • Yellow or green cab passengers: 75 cents per trip.

  • Uber/Lyft passengers: $1.50 per trip.

Here's what that looks like in one handy MTA chart:

But those are just the E-Z Pass numbers. Isn't there another way to pay?

If a driver does not have E-Z Pass, the tolls are roughly 50 percent higher, and the bill will be mailed to you.

There is a lot more information on congestion pricing, how to pay the tolls, tolls for residents of Battery Park City, and credits for some drivers entering via already-tolled bridges and tunnels.

Here are the answers to all your questions…

Selected excerpt(s) and linked article courtesy of Dave Colon, nyc.streetsblog(dot)org
Royalty-free photo courtesy of Pixabay

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