"Three and a half years earlier, New York state legislators had passed a law requiring the MTA to release "easily accessible, understandable, and usable" data to the public; by January 2022, MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber officially announced the new team's formation. Meanwhile, New York City's controversial congestion pricing program, which tolls cars entering Manhattan's busiest streets, officially kicked off in 2019 but was chugging through a lengthy setup process, with the transit agency and state fighting lawsuits, politicians, and vocal naysayers along the way."
"A few days later, the team was pumping out data on vehicle entries into the zone in 10-minute increments, and posting the data on its website, so that New Yorkers themselves could decide whether the congestion program was actually reducing traffic on city streets. The agency has been doing it since. You-yes, you-can view and download the MTA's data right here."
January 5, 2025 marked the start of congestion pricing and an observable data shift for the MTA's data and analytics team. New York legislators had required the MTA to release easily accessible data, and the MTA formed the team in January 2022. The congestion-pricing program began in 2019 but faced legal and political hurdles until activation. When tolling began the team recorded a field change from 'no revenue collection' to 'revenue' and then published vehicle-entry counts in 10-minute increments. The team grew to 26 staff centralizing previously scattered data. The MTA serves about 5.9 million daily riders across modes.
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