Comments on: NYC Comptroller: Expansion of CityTicket Would Expand City Transit Options http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/23/nyc-comptroller-expansion-of-cityticket-would-expand-city-transit-options/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bloomberg’s Transportation Rhetoric and Reality « Mobilizing the Region http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/23/nyc-comptroller-expansion-of-cityticket-would-expand-city-transit-options/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Bloomberg’s Transportation Rhetoric and Reality « Mobilizing the Region Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:16:51 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5473#comment-1297 [...] proposals are intriguing, and include free crosstown buses in Manhattan, expansion of CityTicket (previously endorsed by mayoral candidate Bill Thompson and TSTC), reopening unused LIRR stations in Queens, and [...] [...] proposals are intriguing, and include free crosstown buses in Manhattan, expansion of CityTicket (previously endorsed by mayoral candidate Bill Thompson and TSTC), reopening unused LIRR stations in Queens, and [...]

]]> By: Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » Weekly Web Wrap http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/23/nyc-comptroller-expansion-of-cityticket-would-expand-city-transit-options/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Gotham Gazette - The Wonkster » Blog Archive » Weekly Web Wrap Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:22:07 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5473#comment-1299 [...] Comptroller Supports Expansion of Cheap In-City Commuter Rail Travel (Tri-State Transportation Campaign) [...] [...] Comptroller Supports Expansion of Cheap In-City Commuter Rail Travel (Tri-State Transportation Campaign) [...]

]]> By: James http://blog.tstc.org/2009/06/23/nyc-comptroller-expansion-of-cityticket-would-expand-city-transit-options/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 James Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:36:04 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5473#comment-1298 This makes a huge amount of sense. RPA once referred to the commuter rail system as the "sleeping giant" of the NY metro area's transportation system due to all of the untapped potential contained within it. I'm a frequent CityTicket user on weekends as it is a much easier ride from my place in the NW Bronx to midtown via Metro North than the subway. If CityTicket is expanded, it should be the "carrot", with some version of congestion pricing or bridge tolls functioning as the "stick" in order to be fully effective. This makes a huge amount of sense. RPA once referred to the commuter rail system as the “sleeping giant” of the NY metro area’s transportation system due to all of the untapped potential contained within it. I’m a frequent CityTicket user on weekends as it is a much easier ride from my place in the NW Bronx to midtown via Metro North than the subway.

If CityTicket is expanded, it should be the “carrot”, with some version of congestion pricing or bridge tolls functioning as the “stick” in order to be fully effective.

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