Move NY Campaign Says Toll Reform Can Bypass Albany — Is City Hall Listening?
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A legal scholar says NYC has the authority to toll its own roads and bridges, which could raise revenue for transit.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls
A Reminder: Pricing Car Trips to Fund Transit Is Progressive Policy
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According to 2015 U.S. Census data, most households citywide don't own a car, car-owning households tend to be more affluent than car-free ones, and the vast majority of New Yorkers don't drive to work.
4 Ways the Mayor Can Reduce Congestion Without Congestion Pricing
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Mayor de Blasio's forthcoming congestion plan won't call for traffic pricing, but the mayor has plenty of other options to reduce traffic congestion. Here are four policies that would provide much-needed congestion relief on NYC streets -- it's difficult to imagine any City Hall traffic reduction initiative that doesn't include some of these ideas.
TA Poll: To Fund Transit, New Yorkers Prefer Move NY Toll Reform
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Support is highest in Staten Island, followed by Queens. The result in Queens is especially noteworthy, since political resistance to Mayor Bloomberg's unsuccessful congestion pricing efforts in 2007 and 2008 was concentrated in that borough.
Tolling Opens Up Possibilities for Better Brooklyn Bridge Walking and Biking
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With crowding on the Brooklyn Bridge walking and biking path in a state of near constant low-level emergency, this week NYC DOT announced a feasibility study of widening the bridge’s promenade. A path with sufficient space for the thousands of commuters, exercisers, and tourists who walk and bike across the bridge each day would be an […]
When Will Western Queens Assembly Members Sign on to Move NY?
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With the clock winding down on the legislative session in Albany, Queens activists are making the case for the Move NY toll reform package. Volunteers with the Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives rallied at the foot of the Triborough Bridge Saturday to call for a tolling system that works better for drivers and transit riders than the city’s […]