Traffic

New York City’s first-in-the-nation plan to reduce vehicular congestion in the lower side of Manhattan and fund crucial MTA infrastructure projects has hit a new wall after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s withdrew its support of the pilot plan that allowed congestion pricing to be a reality in the city. Early data from the MTA showed congestion pricing resulting...

President Trump on Wednesday made good on a campaign promise to do away with the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing program in Manhattan, but it’s not a done deal just yet. NBC New York’s Rana Novini and Chris Jose report.

A newly-released report from INRIX, a transportation data and analytics company, found that sitting in traffic cost New Yorkers more than $1,800 in 2024, the equivalent of almost three weeks of work. The report came on the heels of the first-in-the-nation congestion toll which made its debut, charging drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan $9 during peak hours. According to…

The goal of congestion pricing is to cut down on traffic in the heart of Manhattan — but how do we know if the plan is actually working? One group is tracking the data to see the impact on city traffic patterns. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A small plane with three people aboard landing on the New York State Thruway near Albany Friday, disrupting traffic in the area but leaving no one hurt, authorities say. Two lanes were closed after the plane landed on the Thruway near exit 23 around 12:40 p.m. State Police say the pilot and two passengers were the only ones aboard. No…

A half-dozen people were hurt in a wrong-way crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County early Monday, according to police. Authorities responding to the crash site near exit 17/Lincoln Avenue in Rye Brook around 12:10 a.m. found the driver of the wrong-way vehicle badly hurt. That person, later identified by police as 75-year-old Joan Feinstein, was driving her…

Romney Smith reports.

Amid musical performances and a visit from Santa, President Joe Biden illuminated the National Christmas Tree outside the White House Thursday evening for the last time in his presidency.

One person died and two children were critically hurt in a four-vehicle accident on the Kosciuszko Bridge in Queens Thursday, authorities say. Police said two pick-up trucks, a taxi and a Kia Sorrento were involved in the crash. The person who died was a man in the cab. Also injured: a 9-year-old and a 6-year-old child, along with another person…

Those trying to commute to NYC from New Jersey Tuesday morning had a bad start to their day. Chaos started with a crash and investigation that halted Lincoln Tunnel traffic — then drivers trying to avoid those delays led to gridlock at the Holland Tunnel, the George Washington Bridge, and even on ferries from New Jersey. Rail service problems then...

A crash investigation is snarling traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel at the height of the morning commute.

A crash investigation snarled traffic at the Lincoln Tunnel at the height of the morning commute. The Port Authority said in a 6:40 a.m. post on X that delays in the south tube into the city were up to 90 minutes because of an earlier investigation. It wasn’t immediately clear what happened, but a flurry of police activity shut down…

A brush fire that burned along the highway and train tracks in Secaucus was extinguished Thursday afternoon, but not before getting scarily close to a nearby warehouse. News 4’s Adam Harding reports.

News 4’s Adam Kuperstein reports of a brush fire burning between the east spur of the New Jersey Turnpike and train tracks.

Chopper 4 was over the scene.

A raging brush fire erupted in Secaucus, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon, spewing thick black smoke into the air visible for miles and halting traffic ahead of the evening rush. It wasn’t clear what sparked the fire, which broke out between the train tracks and I-95, near the Eastern Spur that leads to the Lincoln Tunnel. Traffic appeared to...

The new lot will allow passengers to easily hop onto the free on-airport AirTrain with frequent service for an easy, eight-minute ride to the terminals at no cost, saving them time and anxiety from potential construction-related congestion at terminal frontages. 

An Alabama man, who used to live in Queens, was charged for leaving the scene of a deadly hit-and-run that killed a 79-year-old woman in 2021, the local district attorney said. Edward Garzón, 43, was arraigned Thursday on the charge of leaving the scene of a fatal collision near the Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale. If convicted, Garzón faces…

In a stunning reversal just weeks before the plan was set to start, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed the brakes on congestion pricing, indefinitely postponing the new toll for drivers entering the heart of Manhattan. Hochul said she was concerned about the economic impact on New Yorkers. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff and Pat Battle reports.

The MTA announced Wednesday it will indefinitely pause its plans to implement a first-in-the-nation congestion pricing system amid concerns about current economic conditions in the city and the pace of midtown Manhattan’s recovery. News 4’s Romney Smith reports.