Congestion pricing has transformed New York City streets – but can it survive Trump?

The first of its kind in the US, a new traffic toll in Manhattan has produced impressive early results while facing looming challenges

Every week, Stan Avedon drives across lower Manhattan, moving bikes between the two NYC Velo shops he's managed for the last 15 years. What used to be a grinding crawl through some of the world's worst traffic is noticeably less painful lately. It's like night and day," he said.

Avedon's transformed commute is the result of the most ambitious policy to hit New York in recent memory. Starting 5 January, drivers entering lower Manhattan began paying a $9 congestiontoll aimed at deterring drivers and raise desperately needed funds for the city's deteriorating public transit system.