MTA
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
Report: New Jersey May See Red over Congestion Pricing, but Garden State Gets Plenty of MTA Green
“The MTA is a major job creator and contributor to the region’s economy, and it is clear that New Jersey businesses are big players in MTA contracting."
June 29, 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
EXCLU: Many MTA Board Members Barely Use Their Free MetroCards
Whatever happened to first-hand knowledge?
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
Opinion: Resiliency is Not Just Something We Should Just Talk About
The 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy brought a renewed focus on New York’s resiliency measures — but as Dave Colon recently pointed out in Streetsblog, we’re not ready for a Sandy sequel.
November 29, 2022
