Congestion pricing tolls reaped nearly $49 million from Manhattan motorists during the controversial program’s first month — several millions less than the MTA had projected, transit officials said Monday.

Roughly 68% of that toll revenue from January came from passenger cars, according to data provided at the MTA finance committee meeting — indicating everyday drivers are bearing the brunt of the $9 fee for cars entering below 60th Street.

The revenue data provide a snapshot of congestion pricing’s first month, which MTA officials have said corresponded with a 9% drop in traffic in the toll zone.

The money pulled in from the tolls is also about 6.6% less than the $52 million of what transit officials expected, according to MTA documents.

But the MTA still anticipated it would hit its fundraising goals, with the money going toward raising $15 billion for public transit improvements.

“We believe we are on track for the $500 million in net revenue based on the early results,” said Jai Patel, the MTA’s co-chief financial officer.

A spokesperson ahead of Monday’s MTA meeting also argued that the costs of operating congestion tolls have been less than expected, so the revenues are really “spot on.”

The tolls collected $37.6 million net revenue, compared to the projected $35.5 million, officials said.

While passenger vehicle drivers shouldered the bulk of congestion pricing’s burden, taxis and for-hire vehicles accounted for 22% of tolls, followed by trucks and buses and motorcycles at 9% and 1%, respectively, data shows.

The overwhelming majority of tolls – 95% – were collected during peak hours, according to the data.

MTA officials didn’t give a breakdown of where the money is coming from, whether New York or New Jersey drivers, or what borough residents are paying the most. The Post requested the data, but hadn’t received a response as of Monday afternoon.

Other data also shows more commuters are riding trains since congestion pricing went into effect Jan. 5 – a key goal of the program.

Long Island Rail Road ridership in January was 11% higher than the same month last year, data shows. Likewise, there were 7% more riders on Metro-North trains in January as compared to the month in 2024, according to data.

Even as transit officials crowed about congestion pricing’s early successes, the first-in-the-nation program may not be long for this world.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last week said he will pull federal approval of congestion pricing – a move that quickly prompted a lawsuit by defiant MTA officials, who promised to keep the toll cameras going.

Neal Zuckerman, the MTA’s finance chair, lambasted Trump and the feds for threatening congestion pricing.

The feds are harming New York, which sends $44 billion to Washington, DC, but only gets 80 cents on every dollar back, Zuckerman argued.

“There is no question that New York is the economic engine of this nation and arguably of the planet,” he said. “And yet we are having someone muck with the economic engine of the city and the region.

“Congestion pricing is funding the MTA. It is fundamental.”