As the legal battle over congestion pricing in New York City remains up in the air, new data is expected to be released Monday showing how much money the tolls have raised for the MTA.The New York Times reports the number was nearly $50 million in January,

New York City's congestion pricing program generated $48.6 million in its first month, even as President Donald Trump moves to kill the toll system.

MTA officials said congestion pricing has already reduced gridlock in Manhattan, one of the program's key goals. Travel times on every crossing into the congestion zone decreased between 10% and 30% on average in the first three weeks of the program, according to the agency.

Congestion pricing got off to a better than anticipated start, bringing in $48.6 million in its first month, and now transit officials are speeding up plans to borrow against the toll revenue to fund mass transit upgrades as the Trump administration attempts to kill the program.

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The MTA anticipates the fee will bring in nearly $500 million a year, or about $40 million per month.

Congestion pricing is working, MTA officials said Monday, releasing data that showed the congestion pricing toll generated $48.7 million in gross revenue for January. The revenue data comes as the Trump administration seeks to kill the congestion toll by revoking a federal authorization given last year allowing the MTA to fund the capital plan with toll revenue.