The Manhattan congestion pricing program, despite facing a legal battle with Trump's Transportation Department, has shown promising results in reducing vehicular traffic and increasing subway usage. Recent MTA data from March 2025 indicates a significant 13% drop in vehicle entries to the Central Business District, with averages falling to about 560,405 daily. Concurrently, subway ridership has increased, averaging over 3.6 million daily users, a rise of 8.6% compared to last year, suggesting that more individuals are opting for public transport as an alternative to driving into Manhattan's congested areas.
Though congestion pricing is under legal scrutiny, new data shows it successfully reduced Central Business District traffic and increased subway ridership significantly.
The average daily vehicle entries in the Central Business District dropped to 560,405 in March 2025, down from a historical average of 642,500.
April ridership data showed 3,629,762 subway users on average, an increase of 8.6% from the previous year's average at the same time.
The subway has seen daily ridership exceed 3 million every day in 2025, reaching pre-pandemic levels not recorded since early 2020.
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