Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Yuh-Line Niou

A typical scene on Varick Street. You can tell it's a still because there's no honking.

Op-Ed: Varick Street Crossing Guards Are Telling a Tale of Congestion Pricing

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 28, 2018 | 17 Comments

The Times story on "adult crossing guards" reveals, though inadvertently, how our politicians have failed us.

Missing in action on congestion pricing: Daniel O'Donnell, Richard Gottfried, Yuh-Line Niou, and Deborah Glick.

The Manhattan Assembly Members Who Were MIA on Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Apr 16, 2018 | 4 Comments

The failure to enact congestion pricing was a setback for the whole city, but no borough got a worse deal than Manhattan. And yet, as this deal was being negotiated, Manhattan elected officials didn't make a peep.

Congestion on Canal Street, which turns out to be part of the National Highway System. Photo: giggel/Wikimedia Commons

Will Yuh-Line Niou Stand Up for Traffic Relief in Her Car-Battered Lower Manhattan District?

By David Meyer | Jan 29, 2018 | 22 Comments

The streets of Niou's district are overrun by car traffic taking advantage of the free East River bridges, while the overwhelming majority of households do not own a car. Nevertheless, she wants a resident exemption from congestion pricing.