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Subsidies For Bike-Share Would Get Huge Bang For Small Bucks: Report
Classifying bike-share as mass transit could unlock a huge state revenue stream for the popular transportation mode.
New Jersey’s Case Against Congestion Pricing Hits Troubled Waters
The Garden State's lawyer exposed the holes in its case by failing to cite any provision to back his claim that "the obligation of NEPA is to mitigate everywhere you find impacts."
The Toll of History: MTA Board Approves $15 Congestion Pricing Fee
New York City's first-in-the-nation congestion pricing tolls are one historic step closer to reality after Wednesday's 11-1 MTA board vote. Next step: all those pesky lawsuits.
Supporters of NYC Congestion Pricing Outnumbered Foes 2-1
Pro-congestion pricing commenters nearly doubled the number of people opposed to the forthcoming tolls during the MTA's final round of public input.
On Eve of Congestion Pricing, Plate Scams at NYC Bridge Tolls are Way Up
About 1.5 percent of the cars that passed through the MTA's bridges and tunnels in 2023 had unbillable license plates. And that number is up.
Congestion Pricing Disability Exemption Is Easy to Scam with a Few Mouse Clicks
Disabled driver plates, especially those from out of state, are easy to get and aren't always even used to transport disabled people who are entitled to a toll exemption.
‘We’ve Done An Amazing Job Building Bus Lanes,’ Says NYC Mayor Who Keeps Killing Bus Lanes
It must be Opposite Day in Albany.
NYC Teachers Union Prez: You Can’t Expect My Members To Ride The Train Or Bus!
Teachers don't like using transit, and have been enabled to feel that way thanks to the parking placards they were gifted in the de Blasio era.
In 2023, NYC’s Ambitious ‘Streets Master Plan’ Was Just Pretty Paper And Maps
Mayor Adams again failed spectacularly to meet a legal mandate to construct 50 miles of protected bike lanes and 30 miles of protected bus lanes. What happens now? Nothing. And therein lies the problem.
They’re Driving To America: Neil Diamond Musical’s Anti-Congestion Pricing Stunt Irks New Yorkers
It's a song sung blue: A Broadway producer is so opposed to congestion pricing that he'll refund the still-non-existent toll to see his show.