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

The introduction of a $9 congestion fee has resulted in faster speeds on some of the city’s famously snarled streets and fewer commuters on the bridges and tunnels. “The traffic is absolutely less, even during rush hour,

Just over a week after congestion pricing launched on Jan. 5, the MTA has yet to say how much money has been reaped from the controversial tolling program’s early days. During a briefing at the MTA’s Lower Manhattan headquarters on Monday,