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There's about 100 people in below freezing temperatures at 60th and Lex to celebrate, also a few counterprotesters.
Cars cross 60th St and pay the #CongestionPricing toll that kicked in at midnight.
Loudest cheers are whenever a bus passes by.
Some profanity aimed at NJ Gov Phil Murphy for all his (failed) last minute lawsuits to try and block #CongestionPricing
An ambulance crosses into the #CongestionPricing zone. EMS and FDNY response times have gone up over the past decade because of increased congestion - the toll should help speed them up:
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-emergency-response-teams-set-record-slow-times-due-increased-congestion-report/15331864/
I've uploaded my photos and videos from tonight's #CongestionPricing launch to Commons; you can find them in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:New_York_City_congestion_pricing along with other folks' media. All are available under a 
license that allows for free reuse (usually only requiring attribution)
Streetsblog has a really nice explainer and summary for everyone who hasn't been closely following the #NYC #CongestionPricing saga: https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/05/congestion-pricing-has-begun-here-is-the-only-explainer-you-need
@legoktm Wow! If congestion pricing works in NYC, no city anywhere in the world has any excuse. In 10-20 years we may identify this is as the beginning of a urban revolution (though 20 years too late).
I'm glad Hochul reduced the prices to get it passed. Prices can easily be increased later, unlike other things like the border and the positioning of the cameras.
@nemobis I'm optimistic too, the ball is really in the MTA's court now to actually use the $15 billion to improve transit.
Time will tell if Hochul made the right move; it was all already approved, she delayed it purely because of the Nov. election and to her credit, Dems picked up most of the winnable House seats. It's hard to tell if lowering the price afterwards actually assuaged any of the backlash, I haven't seen any evidence that it did.
@legoktm In every city where congestion charges get implemented, there are always mistakes at the beginning, such as people accumulating hundreds of fines or accidentally unpaid charges. Every time that happens, the alarmistic headlines (and the real hurt) are a gift to the opposers. Starting with lower prices reduces the cost of mistakes. Of course there's also a risk that the price is too low for the benefits to become perceptible, but you only need sufficient inertia to keep it going.