It’s been a week since the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City. The entire state of New Jersey fought tooth and nail against the daily $9 fee to drive into Manhattan’s tolled area, and now Jersey City’s mayor,

The MTA released a report Monday showing traffic heading into New York City was down a week after the new congestion pricing plan went into effect.

Judge Leo Gordon ruled that in order to stop the toll from starting, plaintiffs would have had to show likelihood of irreparable harm, which they failed to do. He also ruled they were unlikely to win on the merits to throw out a 2022 federal environmental assessment that found "no significant impact" of the program on New Jersey.

The new fares mark the first price increase for PATH riders since 2014. The Port Authority says the fare hikes are partially due to inflation, but they are also part of a multimillion dollar plan focused on improving speed, reliability and passenger experience on trains.

A federal judge has rejected New Jersey's request to pause the implementation of New York City’s controversial congestion pricing plan, allowing the plan to begin as scheduled.

Behind the political fight over the new tolling program is a deepening crisis in the transportation system in New York City and around the country for which neither political party has an answer.

Motorists entering Manhattan’s busiest neighborhoods will now have to pay up to $9 in congestion charges, as New York City’s first-in-the-nation Congestion Relief Zone officially launched Sunday.