Question 1

What part of Manhattan is tolled?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles entering Manhattan south of and including 60 Street are charged a toll. Vehicles traveling exclusively on the FDR Drive, West Street/West Side Highway, or the Hugh L. Carey connections to West Street are not charged a toll. See the full toll rate schedule. (https://new.mta.info/document/138931)

Question 2

How does the tolling system know if a vehicle left the excluded roadways and should be charged a toll?

Accepted Answer

Toll detection points are located at multiple points along the excluded roadways. Vehicles that are detected at multiple detection points in sequence and are then detected exiting the Congestion Relief Zone, all in a reasonable period of time, are not charged the toll. The system will charge a toll only if a vehicle is no longer detected on the excluded roadways.

Question 3

Why is toll collection equipment installed on the excluded roadways and outside the zone (e.g., on FDR Drive, West Side Highway, or north of 60 Street leaving the zone)?

Accepted Answer

These are not toll collection points and thus do not collect any tolls. They are traffic monitoring points. Data collected at these traffic monitoring points will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Congestion Relief Zone.

Question 4

Will I be charged a toll if I park on or just off one of the excluded roadways?

Accepted Answer

Yes, parking on or just off these roadways incurs a toll. If your vehicle is detected entering an excluded roadway, but is no longer seen by other detection points along the roadway, then you will be charged a toll.

Question 5

Will I be charged a toll if I enter the Congestion Relief Zone, but remain on the West Side Highway or the FDR Drive?

Accepted Answer

Drivers who stay on the West Side Highway or the FDR Drive for the purpose of traveling through the Congestion Relief Zone (i.e. from one entry point to a different exit point) will not be charged a toll.

Question 6

Will I get charged if I start my trip inside the Congestion Relief Zone and travel on an excluded roadway?

Accepted Answer

No. Traveling within the zone—even along or across excluded roadways like West Street or the FDR Drive south of 60 Street—does not incur a toll. For example, if you begin your trip on Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan and cross West Street into Battery Park City, you are not tolled. However, you are tolled if you exit the zone by crossing 60 St or any of the eight bridges and tunnels that lead into the Congestion Relief Zone, then re-enter the zone.

Question 7

If I am driving between Brooklyn and the FDR Drive via the Williamsburg, Manhattan or Brooklyn Bridge, will I be charged a toll?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles traveling between the FDR Drive and Brooklyn crossings are tolled if the trip cannot be made exclusively on highways.

Vehicles traveling between the FDR Drive and the Williamsburg Bridge, or between the FDR Drive and the Manhattan Bridge are tolled because the connection involves Manhattan streets.

Vehicles can travel from the FDR Drive to the Brooklyn Bridge, and from the Brooklyn Bridge to the FDR Drive northbound without hitting the street grid and so are not tolled. Vehicles traveling from the Brooklyn Bridge to the FDR southbound, however, are tolled, as that connection includes hitting the grid at Pearl Street.

View these maps (https://new.mta.info/map/36226)to see what connections between excluded roadways and river crossings are tolled.

Question 8

If I am driving between Brooklyn and Manhattan on the Hugh Carey Tunnel, will I be charged a toll?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles traveling between the Hugh Carey Tunnel and Manhattan are charged a toll if the trip cannot be made exclusively on highways.

Vehicles traveling between the Hugh Carey Tunnel and West St, whether they are headed north, or south toward the FDR Drive, are not charged a toll because they are staying on excluded roadways.

Vehicles exiting the Hugh Carey Tunnel onto Trinity Place or anywhere else in the Congestion Relief Zone are charged a toll. Vehicles taking this route, however, receive a crossing credit against the cost of the Congestion Relief Zone toll.

View these maps (https://new.mta.info/map/36226)to see what connections between excluded roadways and river crossings are tolled.

Question 9

If I am driving between Queens and the FDR Drive via the Queens Midtown Tunnel or Queensboro Bridge, will I be charged a toll?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles traveling between the FDR Drive and Queens are charged a toll if the trip cannot be made exclusively on highways.

Vehicles traveling between the FDR Drive and the Queens Midtown Tunnel are charged a toll because the connection involves Manhattan streets. Vehicles taking this route, however, receive a crossing credit against the cost of the Congestion Relief Zone toll.

Vehicles traveling between the FDR Drive and the Queensboro Bridge are also charged a toll, unless they are traveling from Queens to the Upper East Side on the Upper Level because that ramp exits onto 62 Street.

View these maps (https://new.mta.info/map/36226)to see what connections between excluded roadways and river crossings are tolled.

Question 10

If I am driving between New Jersey and the West Side Highway via the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel, will I be charged a toll?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles traveling between the West Side Highway and New Jersey are charged a toll if the trip cannot be made exclusively on highways.

The connections between the West Side Highway and both the Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel involve Manhattan streets, and so those drivers are charged a toll. Vehicles taking these routes, however, receive a crossing credit against the cost of the Congestion Relief Zone toll.

View these maps (https://new.mta.info/map/36226)to see what connections between excluded roadways and river crossings are tolled.