"Truck traffic on the Bronx leg of the Triboro Bridge is down this year, belying forewarnings that congestion pricing would funnel trucks into and through the embattled South Bronx communities of Mott Haven and Port Morris, compounding endemic pollution, noise and road danger. Truck traffic, of course, is the heart of darkness on urban streets - its tailpipe emissions, tire and brake abrasion, and sheer bulk sicken and kill. But congestion pricing, which began on Jan. 5, has been good news for the beaten-up neighborhoods."
"The latest data show that 72 fewer trucks are using the Bronx span of the Triboro Bridge on the average day between Jan. 6, 2025 and Aug. 26, compared to the same period a year ago. That is a slight decrease, but it again dispels some people's prediction that there would be large-scale traffic diversion from Manhattan - and the decrease comes during a period of increased traffic observed on most other MTA tolled crossings:"
"Mott Haven and Port Morris are bisected by two expressways (I-87 and I-278) carrying massive traffic to and from the Bronx leg of the Triboro, including 7,500 trucks per day. Yet this Streetsblog exclusive finding of a drop in those volumes debunks congestion pricing doomsaying, as the legendary traffic engineer "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz did with preliminary data back in March."
Congestion pricing began on Jan. 5, 2025. Latest data show an average of 72 fewer trucks using the Bronx span of the Triboro Bridge per day between Jan. 6 and Aug. 26, 2025, compared with the same period a year earlier. Most other MTA tolled crossings registered increased truck traffic this year. The MTA operates nine bridges and tunnels (ten if RFK-Triboro Manhattan and Bronx sections are separated); seven of the ten show upturns in truck volumes. Only Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, the Marine Park Bridge, and the Triboro-Bronx show reduced truck volumes, and the Triboro-Bronx reduction exceeds the other two combined. Mott Haven and Port Morris remain bisected by I-87 and I-278, which together carry massive traffic including about 7,500 trucks per day.
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