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POINT: What Congestion Pricing Accomplishes — and What it Doesn’t
Obviously, there are positives, but there are also a lot of potential negatives. Let’s use the federal environmental-assessment process the way it’s meant to be used, and understand the negatives in order to combat them.
August 15, 2022
Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications
There are seven scenarios in New York's environmental assessment for congestion pricing. How this plays out is crucial to America's effort to rein in traffic and fund transit.
August 10, 2022
Congestion Pricing Takes a Step Forward … But Also Gets Pushed Back Another Month
New York's transit agency is slowly moving ahead with a toll plan that could change life in every city in America.
July 28, 2022
NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions
Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
June 30, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Thinking Regionally About New York
How the Interborough Express got traction, and other tales of transit in the Big City.
June 2, 2022
MTA Boss: Feds’ Extensive Technical Questions Are Delaying Congestion Pricing
How many questions must the MTA face before they can put in a toll?
May 27, 2022
City Official Under Fire for Questioning the Benefits and Equity of Transit
We always assume more transit means more equity. But a progressive planning commissioner apparently disagrees, sparking quite a conversation.
May 3, 2022
OPINION: The Congestion Pricing Toll Really Should Be $80
The higher price will ensure maximum benefits for our entire society, including drivers.
January 27, 2022
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness
"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.
January 26, 2022
Wait, What? Does NYC Have the ‘Best’ Transit System in the World?
An otherwise unrelated press conference veers into shaky territory for the new mayor.
January 19, 2022
