Congestion pricing hasn’t changed much about NYC’s air quality, city report finds

NYC drivers shell out $9 congestion toll. City admits it failed to improve air quality

NYC’s pricey congestion toll, meant to clear the air, barely budged pollution levels after one year, data from the New York City Health Department reveals.

Congestion pricing hasn’t changed much about NYC’s air quality, city report finds

A view of traffic signs after congestion pricing began in New York. The report is the latest to examine the effects of congestion pricing. [ more › ]

Congestion pricing has had little impact on NYC air quality, city report finds

While congestion pricing has delivered on its initial promise of curbing traffic in Manhattan’s busiest areas, the program’s expected benefits for air quality and pollution have so far fallen short, according to a new report. Released Friday by the New York City Health Department, the report found that air quality in Manhattan’s central business district, where drivers are charged $9 to enter below 60th Street during certain times, remained stab…

NYC Congestion Pricing Air Quality Report 2026 | Year One Results

The New York City Department of Health released its first comprehensive evaluation of the Congestion Relief Zone Tolling Program on August 14, and the findings landed somewhere between vindication and disappointment for both sides of the congestion pricing debate. Air quality across the five boroughs remained stable or improved slightly during the program’s first year, continuing a two-decade trend of declining pollution. No neighborhood, includ…