New York announced that most cars will now have to pay to enter the city at peak hours, a hotly debated move intended to reduce traffic.

Congestion pricing is officially back in New York City, with Gov. Kathy Hochul promising the tolling scanners will be turned on in January before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. Trump has promised to kill the program to toll drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street.

New York City will adopt congestion pricing on certain roads in January, Governor Kathy Hochul announced, after an 11th-hour delay earlier this year cast the programme into doubt. The revised plan features lower fees for vehicles entering designated zones of Manhattan.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is reviving New York City’s congestion pricing with a new plan that lowers the cost to vehicles traveling through Manhattan below 60th Street.

New York plans to revive a $9 congestion mitigation charge for driving in Manhattan starting in January that the state indefinitely put on hold earlier this year, Governor Kathy Hochul said Thursday.

New York is set to become the first city in the US to implement a congestion charge. Governor Kathy Hochul announced pricing on certain roads would begin on 5 January to "unclog our streets, reduce pollution and deliver better public transit for millions of New Yorkers”.