Live from New York: It’s a New Congestion Pricing Battle
Allow Streetsblog's Explainer to get you up to speed.
August 28, 2023
New York Doubles Down on Congestion Pricing After New Jersey Sues
"Congestion pricing is going to happen," a defiant Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Friday.
July 21, 2023
Is A $15 Toll The ‘Political Sweet Spot’ for Congestion Pricing?
A "modest" $15 peak-hour, $9 weekend, and $3 off-peak toll combination would cut traffic by 14 percent and raise $1.2 billion for the MTA, economists Charles Komanoff and Gernot Wagner said in a new report.
July 17, 2023
Will Congestion Pricing Properly Toll Taxis and Ubers?
A new proposal to charge Uber and Lyft riders in Manhattan instead of drivers has been put on the table, but the MTA's agreement with the federal government may sink the idea before it can get any momentum.
The post Will Congestion Pricing Properly Toll Taxis and Ubers? appeared first on Streetsblog New York City.
June 21, 2023
Straw Men: The Fight Over Congestion Pricing Comes Down to Just 5,200 Drivers
A minuscule number of New York City residents commute by car to the tolling zone of Manhattan from homes that are more than one-half mile from high-speed public transit.
May 24, 2023
MTA Offers Funding for Bronx Clean-Up to Get Congestion Pricing Over the Line
In New York, howls about added pollution from a new tolling plan are being met with a promise of action.
March 27, 2023
NYC Scraps Airport Monorail for Thrilling New Tech — The Bus!
The decision comes 17 months after NYS Gov. Kathy Hochul formed an expert panel to explore alternatives to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $2-billion wrong-way AirTrain that no one wanted.
March 14, 2023
Gov. Hochul Fills Cash-Strapped MTA’s Fiscal Hole … With Casino Money
It's a story that will likely be repeated all over the country as cash-strapped transit systems have to figure out what to do as federal Covid relief money dries up ... and riders have not fully returned.
February 3, 2023
Revealed: State Pols Underfund Transit With Underhanded Move
Stop the steal! New York State has been underfunding the MTA by hundreds of millions of dollars for decades, quietly reclassifying dedicated county taxes as its own contribution to the transit agency's operating budget.
December 21, 2022
TEN YEARS AFTER: Despite Warnings and Panels and Reports, New York is Not Ready for a Sandy Sequel
City and state officials have simply not done enough.
October 28, 2022
