NYC congestion pricing has brought modest traffic reductions in its first week, according to preliminary data released by the MTA. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the details.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City’s heavily-gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state’s transit authority.

Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first plan of its kind is working, officials said.

New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority says preliminary data shows the introduction of congestion pricing has led to a sharp cut in traffic in the first few days.

With the first full week of congestion pricing in the books, the MTA shared data showing the initial impacts of the controversial plan. And the agency claims it is working.