Federal, state and city transportation regulators signed off on the MTA’s new congestion pricing program for Manhattan Friday, clearing the final roadblocks ahead of an expected Jan. 5 start to tolling. After pausing the plan, Gov. Hochul has revived the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The MTA, state and local transportation officials and the Federal Highway Administration have just signed the final document needed to legally begin congestion pricing on Jan. 5. The document, called the Value Pricing Pilot Program, was the final hurdle before implementation of congestion pricing could begin.

The MTA board on Monday fast-tracked Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to to finance mass transit with congestion pricing, rubber-stamping her plan to charge drivers a fee to enter Manhattan's Central Business District.