Looking Back, Looking Forward: Early Reflections on Congestion Pricing Defeat
After the defeat of congestion pricing, many in the transportation advocacy community are facing two questions. Why did New York fail to pass congestion pricing?
After the defeat of congestion pricing, many in the transportation advocacy community are facing two questions. Why did New York fail to pass congestion pricing?
Members of the press and elected officials had harsh words for state legislators after Albany failed to vote on congestion pricing. A sampling of responses:
The New York State Assembly failed to bring congestion pricing to a vote yesterday, forfeiting $354 million in federal money for improved transit service, a
Highlighting the potential of bus rapid transit to vastly improve commutes and to provide a briefing on the City and MTA’s plans to roll out
On March 31, the COMMUTE (Communities United for Transportation Equity) coalition took out an advertisement in the New York Daily News in the form of
Campaign for New York’s Future members rallied at City Hall today, the day after the New York City Council voted in favor of congestion pricing.
The MTA’s credibility has not been helped by its decision to delay planned service improvements; the news broke just three weeks after the agency announced
Bronx BRT press conference this morning. L-R: NYS Assemblymember Adriano Espaillat, Bronx BP Adolfo Carrion, MTA CEO Lee Sander, NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Mayor Bloomberg.
$354 million in immediate transit improvements and the long-term health of the New York regional transit system are at stake with one week left for
New Yorkers support congestion pricing 59%-38% if the money raised is used to improve mass transit, according to a Quinnipiac poll released last week. The