Rep. Ritchie Torres: I’m Not One of Those Congestion Pricing Critics
He's got some minor issues with the tolling plan, but he still supports it — not like Malliotakis or Gottheimer!
August 16, 2022
To-Do List: Congestion Pricing Must Mitigate Added Bronx Trucks, Pols Say
Congestion pricing would send more trucks through The Bronx, which is not good.
August 15, 2022
Congestion Pricing Matchmaker: Which Tolling Scenario Is Right For You?
There are seven toll scenarios in the environmental assessment for congestion pricing. Let our matchmaker weed out Toll Wrong.
August 10, 2022
A Dozen-Plus Electeds Back QueensLink Subway Expansion
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.
August 5, 2022
Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan
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.
August 4, 2022
Blogging and Slogging: We Grilled Sec. Pete in the Jersey Swamps about Congestion Pricing
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!"
August 2, 2022
Congestion Pricing Takes a Step Forward … But Also Gets Pushed Back Another Month
July 28, 2022
Without New Funding, the MTA Faces a Fiscal Cliff After 2023
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.
July 26, 2022
Nausea: The MTA Is Facing An Existential Crisis, Again
Is this the way subway ends, not with a bang but with a whimper?
July 21, 2022
DOT Report Shows Ongoing Driver Recklessness — And the Agency’s Slow Response to It
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.
July 15, 2022
