Traffic entering Manhattan below 60th Street dropped by 7.5% in the first week after the start of a controversial $9 toll on driving in that area.

Traffic in Midtown and lower Manhattan was down nearly 8% after the first full week of congestion tolling, according to preliminary traffic data released Monday by the MTA. “It has been a very good week here in New York,

Fans of the tolling system enjoyed easier drives, but some businesses reported a hit.

With the first week of New York’s Congestion Pricing toll in the books, commuters are reaping a reward, spending less time in traffic in exchange for their $9 toll to enter lower Manhattan, said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Since the plan went into effect a little over a week ago, drivers have become desperate to find ways to park above 60th Street and riding mass transit downtown to avoid the toll.

A New York federal court denied Rockland County’s effort to stay congestion pricing in New York City while its appeal proceeds in the Second Circuit, finding the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority stands to lose about $12 million monthly in unrecoverable operations and maintenance costs if the program were enjoined even temporarily.