Congestion Pricing Calculator (TLC Trips & Own Car)

In short: Two different charges hit Manhattan trips. The MTA congestion toll covers Manhattan at or below 60th Street: $0.75 per taxi, green cab or regular FHV trip, and $1.50 per Uber or Lyft trip. The New York State congestion surcharge covers Manhattan south of 96th Street: $2.50 per yellow taxi trip, $2.75 per other for-hire trip. Both are paid by the passenger. Enter your trip counts to see the totals, or switch to "Driving a car into the zone" to price your own car.

How to use it

Mode 1: charges on your passenger trips. Pick what you drive. Then enter, for a shift or a week:

1. Trips that start, end or pass through the zone at or below 60th Street.
2. Trips that touch Manhattan south of 96th Street. Include the trips from step 1, because the 60th Street zone sits inside the 96th Street area.
3. How many of those were shared or pool trips. Pool trips pay $0.75 state surcharge instead.

The result is what was added to your passengers' fares. It is not money you keep or owe, unless your base is not enrolled (see below).

Mode 2: driving a car into the zone. Use this for your personal car after your shift, or a TLC vehicle that is not covered by a per-trip plan. Pick E-ZPass or Tolls by Mail, weekday or weekend, the time of your first entry, and how you enter. You can also enter how many days a month you drive in.

How the numbers are worked out

All amounts come from the site's rate file, checked October 12, 2026. Phase 1 of the MTA toll started January 5, 2025 and runs through 2027.

• Zone: Manhattan south of and including 60th Street. The FDR Drive, the West Side Highway/Route 9A and the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel connections to West Street are not tolled when you use only them.
• Per-trip charges (taxis, green cabs, FHVs, Uber/Lyft) are the same at every hour.
• Daily toll for a car: $9.00 peak and $2.25 overnight with E-ZPass; $13.50 and $3.30 by mail. Peak is 5am–9pm on weekdays and 9am–9pm on weekends.
• Once a day: cars and motorcycles pay once per calendar day, at the rate of the first entry.
• Crossing credits: at peak times only, and only with E-ZPass, a car entering through the Lincoln or Holland Tunnel gets $3.00 off, and through the Queens-Midtown or Hugh L. Carey Tunnel $1.50 off, up to $5.00 a day. The calculator subtracts the credit for you.
• State surcharge: $2.50 yellow taxi, $2.75 every other for-hire vehicle (green cabs, black cars, livery, Uber and Lyft), $0.75 pool. The state says it applies to trips that begin and end in New York State and touch Manhattan south of 96th Street.

The phase selector: 2028 and 2031

Turn on "Show the scheduled 2028 and 2031 amounts" in the tool. The MTA schedule sets:

Amounts can change before they start. Our guide to congestion pricing increases in 2028 and 2031 tracks them.

When the driver or owner pays instead

TLC's Industry Notice #24-10 explains the catch. For the per-trip charge to apply, FHV bases must sign an agreement with the MTA, and so must the technology system providers in taxis and green cabs. Vehicles whose base or provider has not signed "may be charged a $9 toll up to once per day paid by the vehicle owner." Ask your base if it is enrolled. More in the per-trip charge plan explained. If you drive in empty, read do I pay congestion pricing driving empty.

How often trips are charged

Limits: what this tool can't tell you

• It does not include the Low-Income Discount Plan, disability exemptions, resident tax credits or the commuter-van exemption.
• The MTA "reserves the right" to charge 25% more on Gridlock Alert Days. The calculator does not add this.
• It can't tell you whether a trip crossed 60th or 96th Street. You decide what to count. The congestion relief zone boundaries guide and is congestion pricing charged on the FDR Drive help.
• Congestion pricing has faced court challenges. Check is congestion pricing still in effect for the latest status we have confirmed.
• It is an estimate and general information, not legal or tax advice.

Bridge and tunnel tolls are separate: add them with the toll calculator. For a WAV, see are WAVs exempt from congestion pricing.