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Op-Ed: Postpone the Taxi Congestion Surcharge
A national expert says the added fee on cabbies is premature before full congestion pricing.
December 4, 2018
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)
Streetsblog's resident taxi maven highlights a huge flaw in the city and state's plan to charge surcharges on yellows, Ubers, black cars and green cars that enter Manhattan below 96th St.
October 18, 2018
City to Drivers: Pwitty Pwease Don’t Drive in Next Week — And Here Are Some Goodies for You
Congestion pricing is the only way to cure Manhattan's gridlock. But the city won't push it.
September 18, 2018
No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair
Congestion pricing is a much better plan than capping Uber and Lyft, which provide a valuable service outside of Manhattan.
July 31, 2018
Free Roads and the Symphony of Destruction on Varick Street
“If you’re looking for the place that shows the failure of New York City to have any sort of traffic management policy, this is the spot.”
July 16, 2018
Eight Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Goes Great With the Fast Forward Plan to Fix NYC Transit
Andy Byford's Fast Forward NYC plan to modernize subways and buses has set the stage for congestion pricing in the 2019 Albany session.
May 29, 2018
A Better Taxi Surcharge: More Congestion Reduction, Less Pain for Cab Drivers
A better, fairer for-hire vehicle surcharge would raise the fee when congestion is most intense and charge more for vehicles that spend longer in the congestion zone.
May 1, 2018
Coming Soon to NYC: Rolling Advertisements for Congestion Pricing
Elected officials may not have a handle on how valuable New York City street space is, but the private sector sure does.
April 26, 2018
Setting Up a Cordon Toll Would Pay for Itself in a Few Months
NYU's Mitchell Moss says a congestion pricing cordon toll would be "massive and costly." Au contraire.
April 10, 2018
Seattle Could Be the First U.S. City to Institute Congestion Pricing
Mayor Jenny Durkan says she wants to have a true central city congestion pricing system in place by 2021.
April 5, 2018
