NYC’s congestion pricing cuts traffic, emissions, and funds transit. Paired with Europe’s low-emission zones, it’s a blueprint for sustainable, livable cities.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mr. Pizza’s Pasta House is offering a congestion pricing discount to Staten Islanders who are braving the Manhattan Central Business District’s new toll. Dennis Zollo, who helps his father run the mom-and-pop New Springville restaurant, began offering the discount last week, after congestion pricing went into effect on Jan. 5.

NEW YORK CITY - The United Federation of Teachers has long opposed congestion pricing and are fighting to end it. On Sunday, New York City became the first U.S. metro to implement a congestion pricing toll, and now, most drivers entering Manhattan's congestion zone will face a $9 toll.

The introduction of a $9 congestion fee has resulted in faster speeds on some of the city’s famously snarled streets and fewer commuters on the bridges and tunnels. “The traffic is absolutely less, even during rush hour,

With the first week of New York’s Congestion Pricing toll in the books, commuters are reaping a reward, spending less time in traffic in exchange for their $9 toll to enter lower Manhattan, said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.