The start of New York City congestion pricing can proceed as scheduled on Sunday, a federal judge has ruled.A hearing began Friday afternoon, and it was a tense four-hour wait before the judge's decision came down.

With less than three days before the start of a plan to charge drivers $9 to enter lower Manhattan, a federal court judge denied New Jersey’s eleventh hour effort to stop congestion pricing from starting.

Congestion tolling is scheduled to start on January 5 in NYC, barring any last minute legal challenges. The path to this point has been long and confusing — so drivers have many questions about the MTA’s plan to reduce congestion and raise funds for mass transit improvements.