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.

Early data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suggests that traffic has dropped around Manhattan’s core.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state’s transit authority.

Traffic in Manhattan's central business district fell by 7.5% last week and 273,000 fewer cars entered the borough's central business district after the first congestion pricing fee in the U.S. took effect on Jan.

Fans of the tolling system enjoyed easier drives, but some businesses reported a hit.

Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first such plan of its kind is working, officials said. "The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of vehicles entering what had been the most congested district in the country,

Traffic in New York City has fallen since a congestion charge scheme for vehicles came into effect on 5 January, transport officials say. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said 273,000 fewer cars entered the central business district from Monday to Friday,