Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion

This kind of thing is very costly says Charles Komanoff (inset). Main photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

KOMANOFF: Latest Traffic Numbers Prove Need for Congestion Pricing, Once and For All

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

On the eve of today's opening of the congestion pricing public comment period, we asked Charles Komanoff to do what he does best: Crunch the numbers and show that our region desperately needs congestion pricing. Here you go.

Friday’s Headlines: For Whom the Central Business District Tolls

By Eve Kessler | Aug 27, 2021 | No Comments

The MTA announced the dates for its congestion-pricing public meetings. Plus, other news on a torpid day.

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How To Avoid the Other COVID Plague: Traffic

By Streetsblog | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

But there is a willingness for citizens to move to active methods of travel, such as cycling, rather than replacing public transport modes with cars.

Mayor Says State Must Act ‘Urgently’ On Congestion Pricing — Then Sets July 2022 Goal!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 15, 2021 | No Comments

"The state and the MTA have to act and expedite the environmental assessment so we can get going," de Blasio said. "By June, all of the work should be done, and shovels should go in the ground by July ... of next year."

This will simultaneously get better, and worse, to ride inside the city. Photo: MTA

Report: Racial and Economic Inequities in Transit Affect Accessibility to Jobs, Healthcare

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 18, 2021 | No Comments

Black and brown New Yorkers are more likely to rely on public transit to get to work in the New York City area, but on average have far less access to jobs as their car-driving neighbors, who are often wealthier, whiter, and live in the 'burbs.

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Study: Congestion Pricing Could Get Drivers Out of SUVs

By Kea Wilson | May 19, 2021 | No Comments

Drivers are increasingly buying huge cars, in part because of all the time they spend stuck inside them at rush hour — but a new study suggests that if drivers had to pay congestion tolls, they’d be significantly more likely to pick smaller vehicles.