The MTA has yet to release official results of congestion pricing‘s impact on NYC during its first days, but some preliminary data suggests the program’s impact on reducing traffic is mixed. Thanks to the online Congestion Pricing Tracker,

Congestion pricing is kicking in in midtown and lower Manhattan: When does it start? How much will I pay? How can I get to New Jersey or Queens without paying? Will taxis and Ubers cost more?

While officials are urging people to take mass transit to avoid that congestion pricing toll, it’s not so easy in parts of the lower Hudson Valley. There is no direct train service from Rockland County to Manhattan.

A woman set on fire inside a New York City subway has raised questions about how a world traveler and former Merck employee ended up homeless and burned on a train.

The suspect is accused of setting a sleeping woman's clothes on fire, using his shirt to fan the flames and then sitting on a platform bench nearby.

The deadly fire on the F train was one of several high-profile acts of violence in New York City's subway system at the end of last year, even as transit crime dropped overall in 2024. The NYPD on Monday pledged to send 200 more officers into the subway, with a focus on train cars and platforms.