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Huge Coalition Lines Up Behind Ravitch’s MTA Rescue Plan

By Ben Fried | | 29 Comments
The Daily News published an op-ed today that highlights the broad coalition of labor unions, business interests, good government groups, transportation advocates and neighborhood activists who want Albany to adopt the Ravitch Commission’s MTA rescue plan. Yesterday the coalition sent this letter [PDF] to every member of the state legislature. Notably, three of the state’s […]

Gene Russianoff on What’s Next for MTA Rescue

By Ben Fried | | 2 Comments
The headlines this morning were sobering for everyone who depends on New York City’s transit system. Half-baked alternatives to the Ravitch plan are popping up left and right as bridge toll opponents dig in their heels, despite the whopping service cuts and fare hikes that loom for their constituents. With Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith […]

Manhattan Buses Dominate Pokey and Schleppie Awards

By Brad Aaron | | 5 Comments
Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign (l) and TA’s Paul Steely White unveil this year’s honorees Two Manhattan bus routes took home awards for slowest and least reliable service in the 2008 Pokey and Schleppie Awards, issued today by the Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives. The Pokey went to the M96 crosstown, which clocked an […]

Will Richard Ravitch Resurrect Congestion Pricing?

By Ben Fried | | 8 Comments
Marc Shaw, former chair of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, caused something of a stir in the local press on Friday, when he predicted that congestion pricing would "rise again" as a proposal to toll East River bridges and a cordon across 60th street. Speaking at a panel discussion at the RPA’s Regional Assembly, Shaw […]

Gene Russianoff on the MTA’s $17.5 Billion Hole

By Ben Fried | | 12 Comments
Gene Russianoff, senior attorney for the Straphangers Campaign, talks to Streetsblog about the future of transit funding without congestion pricing. Direct quotes are in quotation marks. Streetsblog: Without pricing, how will the MTA get funded? Russianoff: They currently have a proposed $29.5B capital plan. The vast majority is for stuff that absolutely has to be […]

Best View Yet of Potential Transit Improvements

By Ben Fried | | 16 Comments
View an enlarged version of this map Together at last: Pre-congestion pricing short-term transit enhancements and MTA capital projects in one map! The graphic comes courtesy of the Regional Plan Association, which made the map for an insert touting pricing [PDF] placed in the Legislative Gazette this Monday by Environmental Defense, TWU Local 100, and […]
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