Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Move NY

Robert Rodriguez Introduces Toll Reform Bill in State Assembly

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2016 | 51 Comments

For the first time, a state legislator is sponsoring legislation in Albany to enact the Move NY toll reform plan. By creating a more rational toll system in New York City, the plan would significantly reduce traffic and raise revenue to invest in improving transit. Assembly Member Robert Rodriguez introduced a bill today, A09633, that would […]

Someone’s Gotta Pay for the Cuomo Transpo Plan, And It Won’t Be Motorists

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2016 | 7 Comments

Andrew Cuomo ran down his list of big transportation projects in the State of the State Address yesterday, and despite the billions it will take to build everything on his agenda, the governor didn’t say anything about how he’ll raise the money to pay for it. He did work in a line about toll cuts for Thruway drivers, […]

Newsday Endorses Move NY for 2016, While the Times Misses Its Chance

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 4, 2016 | 2 Comments

Two of the region’s papers laid out their Albany 2016 agendas in New Year’s weekend editorials. Both led with ethics reform, but the similarities ended there. One paper boldly called on the legislature to “adopt some version of the innovative Move NY tolling-and-congestion pricing plan.” The other was silent on transit and traffic, even as it […]

4 Things Tony Avella and David Weprin Get Totally Wrong About Toll Reform

By Ben Fried | Dec 7, 2015 | 54 Comments

No, the past nine years weren’t just a dream and you didn’t wake up in 2006. State senators David Weprin and Tony Avella, the Queens Civic Congress, and a few other Queens elected officials really did put on a press conference yesterday to guard against the possibility that New York might put a rational price on the East […]

A Flat “Congestion Charge” for Taxis and Uber: Yea or Nay?

By David Meyer | Dec 4, 2015 | 14 Comments

Would a new surcharge on taxi and for-hire vehicle trips in Manhattan below 59th Street thin out traffic on congested streets? Not much it won’t, according to transportation economist Charles Komanoff, whose traffic analysis has helped shape the Move NY toll reform campaign. Every year the city’s Independent Budget Office releases a list of options to cut expenses and […]

Tell Cornell — and Electeds — How You Want to Fix NYC Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2015 | 3 Comments

Want to tell elected officials what you think should be done about New York City traffic? Here’s a way to pool your policy suggestions with other New Yorkers and reach elected officials beyond your district. The Cornell eRulemaking Initiative, or CeRI, hosts a moderated forum called “SmartParticipation,” developed to make it easier for people to weigh in on obscure […]

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