Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

New York Can’t Afford to Put Off the Move NY Plan Any Longer

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 1, 2016 | 31 Comments

During the Bloomberg era, there was no bigger backer of congestion pricing than Kathryn Wylde, director of the Partnership for New York City, a downtown business group. Wylde, a confidante of Mayor Bloomberg, spearheaded the Partnership’s 2006 Growth or Gridlock report that provided both quantitative firepower and political cover for the mayor’s congestion pricing proposal […]

Move NY Toll Reform Picks Up Eight Sponsors in Assembly

By David Meyer | May 12, 2016 | 24 Comments

Eight more Assembly members are supporting the Move NY toll reform plan, which would cut traffic and raise revenue for transit by increasing the price of driving into the Manhattan core while lowering tolls on outlying bridges. The Move NY bill (A09633) now has 23 sponsors in the 150-member Assembly and four (all Democrats) in the Republican-controlled, 62-member State Senate. […]

Robert Rodriguez Introduces Toll Reform Bill in State Assembly

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2016 | 51 Comments

For the first time, a state legislator is sponsoring legislation in Albany to enact the Move NY toll reform plan. By creating a more rational toll system in New York City, the plan would significantly reduce traffic and raise revenue to invest in improving transit. Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez introduced a bill today, A09633, that would […]

Tell Cornell — and Electeds — How You Want to Fix NYC Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2015 | 3 Comments

Want to tell elected officials what you think should be done about New York City traffic? Here’s a way to pool your policy suggestions with other New Yorkers and reach elected officials beyond your district. The Cornell eRulemaking Initiative, or CeRI, hosts a moderated forum called “SmartParticipation,” developed to make it easier for people to weigh in on obscure […]

NYC Toll Reform Makes Too Much Sense to Fade Away

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

Don’t count out Move New York just yet. When Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio hashed out their deal to fill the gap in the MTA capital program, it seemed like a window of opportunity was closing on the plan to cut congestion and fund transit by reforming the city’s dysfunctional toll system. The governor would […]

It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2015 | 46 Comments

Quick thought experiment… Imagine for a moment that New York City has a toll system where there are no free rides. No reason for drivers to toll shop, clogging up the routes to free bridges. There is, effectively, a uniform fare for every car trip into the incredibly crowded center of town, revenue from which […]

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