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POINT: What Congestion Pricing Accomplishes — and What it Doesn’t
Obviously, there are positives, but there are also a lot of potential negatives. Let’s use the federal environmental-assessment process the way it’s meant to be used, and understand the negatives in order to combat them.
August 15, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Big, Fat Softball Edition
The mayor tests speed-restriction technology on city fleet cars — but not his own. Plus, other news.
August 12, 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
Tuesday’s Headlines: Just Pay for the Damn Subway Already Edition
The MTA board meeting featured high-stakes games — again. Plus other news.
July 26, 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
UPDATED: Monday’s Headlines: ‘Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road’ Edition
Here's the long (and now resolved!) saga of a dead skunk in the road in the Bronx. Plus other news.
July 25, 2022
EYES ON THE STREET: New Kew Gardens Interchange Path Benefits Walkers, Bikers
A shared-use path among a spaghetti of highways creates a safer connection.
July 25, 2022
Four Factors Driving the Bus Operator Shortage (And What to Do About Them)
Bus driver shortages are undermining transit agencies' efforts to recover from the pandemic. Here's what can be done.
July 22, 2022
Bronx Business Leaders Oppose Busway That Would Help 85,000 Riders
Fordham Road honchos — whose shoppers overwhelmingly use transit — give a proposed reform (and their customers) the "Bronx cheer."
July 22, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Boatload of Skepticism Edition
A pricier ticket for the NYC ferry, aka the 'taxpayer-soaking tub.' Plus other news.
July 15, 2022
