Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

This Weekend, NYC’s Traffic Dysfunction Gets Worse

By Ben Fried | Feb 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

In case you missed it, Crain’s ran a good piece today wherein “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz explained one of the less-publicized effects of the MTA fare and toll hikes slated to take effect this weekend. NYC’s already-dysfunctional road pricing system is about to make even less sense. With tolls on the MTA’s East River crossings going […]

The Toll Map That Should Pique the Interest of Every Staten Island Elected

By Ben Fried | Oct 16, 2012 | 14 Comments

In case you missed it, today the Staten Island Advance rounded up outraged quotes from local politicos in response to the MTA’s proposed fare and toll hikes. Big emphasis on “toll hikes” — it’s the prospect of paying more to cross the Verrazano Bridge that has State Senator Andrew Lanza vowing to somehow defeat the […]

Instead of More Fare Hikes, How About Bridge Tolls That Make Sense?

By Ben Fried | Oct 15, 2012 | 16 Comments

Since the beginning of 2008 — right around the time that Albany legislators failed to enact congestion pricing — NYC subway and bus fares have been hiked three times. Now the fourth fare hike in five years is on the horizon, and with Albany lawmakers sitting on their hands as MTA revenues fail to keep […]

Why Gridlock Sam’s Traffic Plan Could Go the Distance

By Charles Komanoff | May 3, 2012 | 16 Comments

Saturday will mark two months of non-stop acclaim for Gridlock Sam’s traffic-pricing plan. The accolades kicked off on March 5 with a gushing op-ed, “Meet Sam Schwartz,” by New York Times emeritus editor Bill Keller, and they haven’t let up. The Wall Street Journal, Transportation Nation, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show, Channel 13, and Crain’s New […]

On Congestion Pricing, Cuomo Plays the Pundit, Not the Governor

By Noah Kazis | Apr 25, 2012 | 6 Comments

Andrew Cuomo knows he’s the governor of New York, right? You couldn’t tell from this exchange about congestion pricing yesterday, via Transportation Nation: Q: Have you seen Sam Schwartz’s revised congestion pricing plan? Do you support it? A: I have not seen it. We’ve talked about congestion pricing for many years. We’ve tried to pass […]

On MTA Board, David Paterson Could Be a Force for Transit Funding

By Noah Kazis | Apr 23, 2012 | 1 Comment

As first reported by the Daily News this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated former Governor David Paterson to serve as the newest member of the MTA board. Paterson is an unusually high-profile pick for the board — he will have nominated some of his fellow board members — and it’s not yet clear what […]

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