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Nadler Revives Fight Against Trucker Giveaway on Verrazano

By Noah Kazis | Oct 15, 2010 | 21 Comments

The one-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge have been a major cause of truck traffic in New York City since they were instituted in 1986. Though numerous efforts to restore two-way tolls have failed over the last two and a half decades, technological progress may finally bring victory within reach. Congressman Jerry Nadler thinks that […]

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Select Bus Service Debuts on Manhattan’s East Side

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 14, 2010 | No Comments

This weekend, Select Bus Service debuted on First and Second Avenues in Manhattan, bringing a package of improvements to speed trips on one of New York’s most-used bus routes. Buses on the M15 route were traveling at a snail-like clip of less than 6 mph before the introduction of SBS. Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette […]

Fare Hike 2011: It’s Official

By Ben Fried | Oct 7, 2010 | 20 Comments

The monthly unlimited Metrocard will break the $100 barrier on January 1, following today’s 12-2 MTA Board vote to balance the agency’s budget by enacting a package of fare increases. (Get full details on the fare hike package from Ben Kabak.) NY1’s John Mancini reports that the MTA Board faced some predictably withering public testimony […]

Albany Grabs Another $16.7 Million From MTA

By Noah Kazis | Oct 5, 2010 | 22 Comments

Last week, the MTA announced it lost another $16.7 million to an Albany raid [PDF]. Because of lower-than-expected federal assistance for Medicaid, Albany instituted an across-the-board budget sweep of 1.1 percent, cutting state spending and also siphoning off theoretically separate revenue streams dedicated to specific programs and agencies, like the MTA. It’s a reminder that the […]

DiNapoli’s Press Release Obscures Biggest Source of MTA Budget Woes

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Sep 29, 2010 | 8 Comments

Earlier this week State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli came out with his latest report on the MTA’s troubled finances [PDF], and if you take a look at the numbers, the big takeaway is pretty stark. Without funding for the $9.9 billion hole in the agency’s capital program, MTA debt will soar even higher. If legislators don’t […]

New York Transportation Officials: We’re Broke

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2010 | 8 Comments

The state’s top transportation officials delivered some tough news to the construction industry Friday: Public agencies are so cash-strapped they don’t even have enough money to maintain existing infrastructure. With budgets battered by rising maintenance costs and recession-ravaged revenues, an industry-sponsored conference offered little prospect of further expansions to the state’s transportation system beyond the […]

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