Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Move NY

We all pay for the status quo of free car access to the most crowded parts of the city.

The Unbearable Hassle of Carpooling From Eastern Queens

By Ben Fried | Aug 29, 2017 | 27 Comments

There is no right to drive for free within New York City limits. What we do have is a transit system where the poorest have to pay more per trip than the richest, and where people forgo reasonable transit options and the slight inconvenience of carpooling to clog streets with their polluting single-occupancy vehicles.

Toll reform creates a fairer transportation system. Ferry subsidies do not. Photo: Michael Appelton/Mayoral Photography Office

De Blasio’s Wrong — Congestion Pricing Will Make NYC Transportation Fairer

By Ben Fried | Aug 25, 2017 | 48 Comments

People who can afford a $10 or $20 Uber ride are slowing down people who can afford a $2.75 bus fare. Move NY will change that.

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

So Far Cuomo’s Congestion Pricing “Plan” Is All Sizzle, No Steak

By Ben Fried | Aug 21, 2017 | 11 Comments

It's not congestion pricing if it doesn't toll the East River bridges. There are a number of impostor policies that Cuomo could try to pass off as "congestion pricing" instead.

The mayor hasn't been keeping up with the evolution of congestion pricing plans for NYC.

De Blasio Is Wrong — There’s a Congestion Pricing Plan That Affects All Boroughs Fairly

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 14, 2017 | 40 Comments

The mayor says he's never seen a version of congestion pricing that's fair to the outer boroughs, but the Move NY toll reform plan is specifically designed to distribute costs fairly between different parts of the city.

A city-enacted version of the Move NY toll reform plan would cut traffic and improve bus service, but Mayor de Blasio, shown here talking up his ferry system, has expressed no interest in it. Photo: Michael Appleton/NYC Mayor’s Office

Top Legal Expert Concludes NYC Has Power to Toll Its Own Roads and Bridges

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 6, 2017 | 8 Comments

One of New York City’s preeminent jurists, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., affirmed today that the city possesses full legal authority to toll its own roads and bridges and thus does not require state approval to implement congestion pricing.

New York as it was ... and as it will likely be.

Trottenberg Offers Congestion Solutions, But de Blasio Administration Won’t Touch Toll Reform

By David Meyer | Jun 5, 2017 | 19 Comments

In light of a new legal analysis that concluded NYC can toll its own streets without waiting for Albany, the Move New York campaign has proposed a "home rule" version of its road pricing plan that would charge $2.75 to drive across the four East River bridges and a 60th Street cordon and tax for-hire vehicle and taxi trips in the densest parts of Manhattan. But despite a supportive City Council, the de Blasio administration isn't adding road pricing to its agenda.

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