The MTA is reminding drivers to update their E-ZPass accounts before congestion pricing starts this weekend. The toll goes into effect on Jan. 5. Drivers entering Manhattan at and below 60th Street will pay a $9 toll once a day between the hours of 5 a.

New York City congestion pricing will start this weekend as planned, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber declared Monday, despite a New Jersey judge earlier in the day partially siding with some who sought to delay it.

As the final hours of 2024 ticked away, the metropolitan region’s commuters waited with bated breath to see whether more clarity would be provided about a federal judge’s decision on the merits of a case brought by New Jersey to upend congestion pricing.