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KOMANOFF: Latest Traffic Numbers Prove Need for Congestion Pricing, Once and For All
On the eve of today's opening of the congestion pricing public comment period, we asked Charles Komanoff to do what he does best: Crunch the numbers and show that our region desperately needs congestion pricing. Here you go.
September 23, 2021
Mayor Issues ‘Gridlock Alert’ Days, But Driving Continues Unabated Because of Poor Policies: Advocates
Car drivers are basically ignoring the city's “Gridlock Alert” days for the UN General Assembly this week, and the mayor had nothing to say.
September 23, 2021
KOMANOFF: An Open Letter on Congestion Pricing to Wavering Pols (And You, Gale)
Our ace congestion pricing expert admonishes pols, including Manhattan Borough President Brewer, to not complicate congestion pricing but simply support it to the hilt.
September 8, 2021
Dear Gov. Hochul: ‘Move Fast on Congestion Pricing’
The new governor's inbox is full already.
August 24, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: An Environmental Study About an Environmental Plan?
It's almost as if the MTA is just making stuff up, our national treasure cartoonist says.
August 24, 2021
MTA, Feds Promise Congestion Pricing Won’t Start For A Long, Long Time
It’s a new kind of idling.
August 20, 2021
Report: MTA’s Barely Funded Capital Plan Badly Needs Congestion Pricing Cash
The MTA's current rehabilitation program is being starved of funding due to the state's failure to enact congestion pricing, among other things.
August 19, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Let’s Call Bullshit on This Edition
We're mad as hell, too, over why a pollution-control plan needs such a lengthy assessment of its environmental impact.
August 18, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: NY Times Scoop-a-Thon Edition
Hat-tip to Dana Rubinstein and Winnie Hu of the New York Times for their congestion pricing story on Monday. Plus other news.
August 17, 2021
The Slow Walk: MTA Has Not Met with Environmental Leaders Vital to Congestion Pricing — But Feds Blame MTA for That
Advocates have not heard from the MTA about congestion pricing, even though the authority must include environmental justice in its assessment of the tolls — and the federal government is waiting for action.
August 6, 2021