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NYC’s Most Selfish NIMBYs Sue to Stop Busways, Bikeways During L Train Shutdown (AMNY, News, Post) BQX Probably on Its Last Legs Unless Schumer Clan Wrangles Money From Trump (News) Cuomo’s Cosmetic Station Fix-Up Program Turns Into Accessibility Program, $820 Million Too Late (WSJ) If NYC Can’t Build 36 Apartments Without Parking by the 2/5 […]

The Governor Claims He Fought for Congestion Pricing But His Budget Says Otherwise (Politico, WNYC) De Blasio: “No More Excuses” for Cuomo Now That He’s Got the MTA Funding He Asked For (Politico) Cuomo’s Fine With an Uber Cap and Says de Blasio Didn’t Fight for Speed Cams (News) Robin Chase: If We Don’t Get […]

Cuomo and Albany Fail to Enact Congestion Pricing in the Budget (NYT, Post, News) It Just Got Harder for Cuomo to Blame Subway Troubles on de Blasio (News, AMNY, NY1, Post) Cabbies Are Right — Taxi Tax Alone Won’t Curb Gridlock (NY1) De Blasio Revisits the Idea of an “Uber Cap” (Crain’s, WNYC) Remember When […]

When the Going Gets Tough for Congestion Pricing, Cuomo Slinks Away (Gotham Gazette) Speed Cameras Reportedly in the Mix in Chaotic Albany Budget Talks (Politico) Cynthia Nixon Calls Out MTA Featherbedding, and Cuomo’s Labor Allies Leap Into Attack Mode (Politico) Must-Read Story on the MTA’s Reluctance to Correctly Diagnose Causes of Subway Delays (News) Andy […]

Washington Will Investigate Why NYC Transit Projects Cost So Much (NYT) Cynthia Nixon Is Doing a Public Service by Talking About Cuomo’s MTA Neglect (AMNY) Meanwhile, Governor Sideshow Is At It Again (Politico 1, 2; NYT; Post) Brad Lander Is Scraping @NYCTSubway for Data on Signal Failures (NYT) Scott Rechler Talks Pricing, Value Capture, and Gateway With City […]

Jeff Klein and Co. Set to Screw New Yorkers on Congestion and Transit (Politico, News) Other Cities Are Looking to New York to Lead on Road Pricing (WSJ) Justin Davidson Pulls No Punches in Pricing Q&A (NY Mag) Contractors Say They’re Not to Blame for Exorbitant MTA Construction Costs (Crain’s) Byford Will Take Questions on Twitter […]