Dr. Alister F. Martin

Rule Changes

As of October 2026: Released the city's first-year air quality evaluation of congestion pricing on August 14, 2026

New York City's congestion pricing cut fine particle pollution inside the Manhattan toll zone by about 13% in its first year. A Columbia-led study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters tracked air quality at 15 monitoring sites. The decline closely matched the roughly 11% drop in vehicles entering the zone.

Updated Oct 11