"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz
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‘Gridlock Sam’: MTA Has a Cheap, Cop-Free Way to Make Platforms Safer
Installing metal barriers, with gaps for subway car doors, could be accomplished at hundreds of stations for the same cost as expensive platform screen doors.
August 27, 2024
Midtown Traffic Slower Than Ever After Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Betrayal
Traffic moved just 6.8 mph in the CBD and 4.6 mph in Midtown last month — the slowest June on record, Gridlock Sam said.
July 8, 2024
Komanoff: William (Vickrey), It Was Really Nothing
Former City Council Member Kathryn Freed once said "traffic is killing us in Lower Manhattan." Now, she sues to stop Nobel-Prize-winning economist William Vickrey's congestion pricing idea.
May 20, 2024
MTA Ditches License Plate-Based Congestion Pricing Disability Exemption
Transit official won't grant congestion pricing disability exemptions any car with a disability license plate after all — opting for a case-by-case registration process instead.
February 26, 2024
