Zone and status
The program has been in effect since January 5, 2025. The Congestion Relief Zone covers local streets in Manhattan at or below 60th Street, excluding the FDR Drive, the West Side Highway, and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connection to West Street.
Phase 1 tolling
Passenger vehicles pay $9 peak and $2.25 overnight once per day. Single-unit trucks pay $14.40 peak per entry, multi-unit trucks $21.60, overnight rates are 75% lower, and designated Gridlock Alert days can add a 25% surcharge.
How to read this map
Likely fee payers is a narrow commute-to-work proxy. Actual net charges vary with time of day, tunnel credits, exemptions, low-income discounts, TNC rules, and repeated truck entries.
First-year results
The first year kept 27 million vehicles out of the zone, reduced traffic 11%, cut measured PM2.5 by 22% in the zone study, and generated more than $550 million in net revenue, unlocking $15 billion in MTA bonds. The program remains active as of March 2026 after a federal court rejected the Trump administration’s termination attempt.