Dave Colon
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Recent Posts
Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics
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He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!
To-Do List: Congestion Pricing Must Mitigate Added Bronx Trucks, Pols Say
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Congestion pricing would send more trucks through The Bronx, which is not good.
Congestion Pricing Matchmaker: Which Tolling Scenario Is Right For You?
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There are seven toll scenarios in the environmental assessment for congestion pricing. Let our matchmaker weed out Toll Wrong.
A Dozen-Plus Electeds Back QueensLink Subway Expansion
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Elected officials in Queens joined forces to seek a big bag of money to study reactivating an old transit right of way, the latest effort to move the project known as QueensLink off the conceptual page and into reality.
Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan
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A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.
We Grilled Sec. Pete in the Jersey Swamps about Congestion Pricing
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At long last, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has broken his legendary silence on congestion pricing — and said, more or less, "Don't blame the feds!"
Congestion Pricing Takes a Step Forward … But Also Gets Pushed Back Another Month
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New York's transit agency is slowly moving ahead with a toll plan that could change life in every city in America.
The Explainer: Why a New Penn Station Leaves So Many People So Angry
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Why are so many smart people and groups throwing around words like "corruption" and "handout" and something smelly that "undermines public trust" when discussing the Penn Station project.? Let the Explainer explain it all for you...
Without New Funding, the MTA Faces a Fiscal Cliff After 2023
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Legislators might balk at providing the MTA with the kind of money it needs, but the agency's CFO (photo above) implored the state to act sooner rather than later in order to to keep mass transit alive.
Nausea: The MTA Is Facing An Existential Crisis, Again
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Is this the way subway ends, not with a bang but with a whimper?
Gov. Hochul Signs Law Adding Cyclist and Pedestrian Safety Awareness to Driver’s License Requirements
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New drivers for the first time will be tested on their knowledge of pedestrian and cyclist safety as a part of the requirements for obtaining a license in New York, according to a law that the governor signed Friday.
DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It
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There were 15,947 reported vehicle crashes in the first quarter of 2022. The Department of Transportation examined 521 of those crash locations and took immediate action to improve safety at just three.