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Analysis: Congestion Pricing Fee May Be Too Low for Taxi and Uber Riders
Taxi passengers are going to get a break from congestion tolling — but is it too generous a break?
October 25, 2023
Red Hook Pushes for Direct Bus to Manhattan; MTA Says (Wait for It) There’s Too Much ‘Congestion’
Red Hook wants a quicker way to get across the river to Manhattan. And the MTA should raise the toll on the Carey Tunnel to make it happen.
October 23, 2023
KOMANOFF: Adams’s ‘Green Rides’ Initiative is Bad Transportation AND Climate Policy
Mayor Adams has made a bad decision to waive the de Blasio-era cap on the number of ride-hail vehicles allowed in New York City, so long as the extra cars are electric.
October 20, 2023
Report: Congestion Pricing Will Be a Huge Boost for Transit Workers
Here are 3.2 billion reason for transit workers to get on board the congestion pricing train.
October 17, 2023
Party Time: MTA Joins Legal Battle to Defend Congestion Pricing Against Jersey Suit
The MTA sought to join forces with the federal Department of Transportation to fight a specious lawsuit by New Jersey seeking to stall congestion pricing.
October 6, 2023
N.J.’s Congestion Pricing Lawsuit: Here’s Why It Should Fail
New Jersey is trying to get a judge to require an environmental impact statement for congestion pricing. But "in practice, the FHWA did many of the things that would be required under an environmental impact statement, so it's kind of like they did an EIS without calling it an EIS," according to one expert.
September 6, 2023
Komanoff: Toll Shoppers to MTA: Go Ahead, Make Our Day
Adding a congestion fee on top of the existing Midtown Tunnel toll will cause 8,000 inbound vehicle trips a day to divert onto local streets in Long Island City to access the cheaper Queensboro Bridge.
August 30, 2023
Opinion: Keep Congestion Pricing True and Equitable By Not Crediting Tunnel Drivers
Every day for six hours, the west side of Manhattan is engulfed in a tsunami of New Jersey drivers. It must end.
August 28, 2023
Bridge Shopping, ‘Double Tolls’ and Tunnel Credits: Making Sense of This Summer’s Congestion Pricing Debate
The congestion pricing debate is getting a little stuffy. Allow us to clear things up.
August 24, 2023
KOMANOFF: Don’t Sabotage Congestion Pricing With Tunnel Double-Tolling
Whatever your opinion, let’s please debate the decision over who gets a credit based on dollar realities, not nightmares.
August 22, 2023
