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4 Ways NYC Can Reduce Congestion Without Congestion Pricing
Speaking at an event in Brooklyn yesterday, Mayor de Blasio said his forthcoming congestion plan, which he teased last month on WNYC and again in his “State of the City” speech on Monday, won’t include...
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A Reminder: Pricing Car Trips to Fund Transit Is Progressive Policy
Timed to coincide with this weekend’s car-free events, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has released a fact sheet on car ownership rates in NYC. Compiled from 2015 U.S. Census data, Tri-State’s...
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De Blasio Refuses to Take the Lead on Fixing NYC’s Traffic Mess
Testifying before the City Council today, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said City Hall isn’t interested in challenging the idea that toll reform is up to Albany, rather than NYC. NYU law professor...
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Top Legal Expert Concludes NYC Has Power to Toll Its Own Roads and Bridges
One of New York City’s preeminent jurists, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., affirmed today that the city possesses full legal authority to toll its own roads and bridges and thus does not require state...
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Regional Measure 3 Heads for the Ballot
Tolls on most Bay Area bridges will reach $9 by 2025 to raise $4.45 billion for transportation projects, if Regional Measure 3 (RM-3) is approved by voters in June. Yesterday, the Metropolitan...
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RIVERDALE REBATE! Bronx Drivers Get Free Ride Over Henry Hudson Bridge In...
You get a carveout! And you get a carveout! And you get a carveout! Add Bronx Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz to the growing list of legislators boasting of squeezing transit riders at the expense of the...
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Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters
It’s our December donation drive. Coverage like this keeps our elected officials honest, but we need your help. Click the logo above. Veronica Vanterpool is going out swinging. Vanterpool, one of Mayor...
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Car Guy Cuomo Targets Jerks who Deface License Plates to Avoid Tolls
Gov. Cuomo’s focus on fare beating is finally going to start applying to drivers. This year’s state budget contains a provision that would raise the penalty for evading a bridge toll to misdemeanor...
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KOMANOFF: ‘Gridlock Sam’ Ups The Ante
You gotta hand it to “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz. At a time when COVID-19 is casting doubt on the viability of congestion pricing, the renowned former NYC Traffic Commissioner is doubling down. Literally....
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OPINION: The Real Reason We Can’t Bike Over MTA Bridges
In defiance of regional increases in bicycling and walking, the MTA is again cannibalizing a bridge sidewalk to create another vehicle lane. In February 2020, MTA Bridges and Tunnels announced...
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