Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Move NY

Congestion Pricing Foes Sit Down at the Table With Fair Toll Advocates

By Stephen Miller | Mar 21, 2014 | 133 Comments

After years of meetings and tweaks, the Move NY fair toll campaign launched this morning with a simple message: With AAA and trucking interests at the table beside transit advocates, reforming New York’s broken toll system actually has a shot. It’s a different beast than the congestion pricing plan that Mayor Bloomberg pushed for six years […]

You Know What’s Fundamentally Regressive? NYC’s Current Toll System

By Ben Fried | Nov 27, 2013 | 29 Comments

Well, a few words from Andrew Cuomo made clear that fixing NYC’s broken road pricing system won’t be on the table before next year’s statewide elections. But some opponents of congestion pricing — notably, Eastern Queens City Council Member Mark Weprin — are warming to Sam Schwartz’s toll reform plan, which calls for a uniform […]

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 […]

Have the Days of Scapegoating the MTA Come to an End?

By Charles Komanoff and Alex Matthiessen | Nov 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

MTA Love. Two words that have never before been paired have been practically joined at the hip during the recovery from Superstorm Sandy. To wit: The “enthusiastic round of applause” accorded Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief Joe Lhota at last week’s Association for a Better New York breakfast by real estate magnates and other civic power […]

Rebuilding New York City for a New Reality

By John Kaehny | Nov 2, 2012 | 20 Comments

“Climate change is a reality… for us to sit here today and say this is a once-in-a-generation, and it’s not going to happen again, I think would be short-sighted… I’m hopeful that not only will we rebuild this city and metropolitan area but use this as an opportunity to build it back smarter.” — Governor […]

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 […]

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