New York’s Central Business District congestion pricing began Sunday, Jan. 5, for streets and avenues in Manhattan from 60th Street south. Two days earlier, a federal judge rejected the state of New Jersey’s request for a temporary restraining order filed Dec.

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,

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.