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What You Need to Know About the Congestion Pricing Plan From Cuomo’s Fix NYC Panel
The centerpiece is a cordon zone in Manhattan below 60th Street where drivers would pay for the use of scarce street space. Here's an overview of how it would all come together.
January 19, 2018
Cuomo Reveals His Congestion Pricing Plan — And It’s Legit
The governor is proposing a well-constructed congestion pricing plan that will make tangible reductions in car trips and relieve the city's worst traffic jams.
January 19, 2018
Can Cuomo Deliver an Effective Congestion Pricing Plan Without East River Bridge Tolls?
A plan that doesn't toll drivers crossing the East River - drawing a cordon around the heart of Midtown, for instance - might appease congestion pricing opponents like Eastern Queens Assembly Member David Weprin, but it won't deliver the regionally significant traffic reduction that a plan like Move NY would.
January 17, 2018
Cuomo Fails to Deliver the Hard Charge at Traffic and Transit Reform That New York Desperately Needs
After a year in which subway service reached appalling new lows, jeopardizing the economic health of the entire state, Cuomo spent a scant few minutes discussing the city's transit system in his annual State of the State Address.
January 3, 2018
For Politicians, Congestion Pricing Is an Exercise in Delaying Gratification
For congestion pricing to work as policy and as politics, it has to be made out of strong stuff.
December 6, 2017
State DOT Straightens Jersey Barriers So They Don’t Completely Ruin Hudson River Greenway
Several days after dropping long concrete barriers at dangerous angles across the Hudson River Greenway, New York State DOT is finally straightening them out to run parallel with the bike path.
November 8, 2017
Security Theater Continues to Squeeze West Side Greenway
State DOT said it would re-orient jersey barriers to make them parallel with the path, but three days later, many barriers are still straddling the greenway at dangerous angles.
November 6, 2017
De Blasio: Greenway Barriers Need to Change So “People Can Still Ride Their Bikes”
Mayor de Blasio said the placement of concrete barriers on the Hudson River Greenway in response to Tuesday's truck attack needs to change. "I think what was originally put in just in the last day or so needs some revision to make sure people can still ride their bikes," he said.
November 3, 2017
Stop Ruining the Hudson River Greenway in the Name of Security
The preventive measures installed after Tuesday's fatal attack have cut the width of the Hudson River Greenway in half at some locations, pinching the movement of cyclists and pedestrians on a crowded path used by thousands of people each day.
November 3, 2017
Justice for Victims of Hit-and-Run Drivers in New York Shouldn’t Be So Rare
Albany has to stop dithering and give prosecutors adequate tools to hold hit-and-run drivers accountable -- and prosecutors must be more willing to pursue cases.
October 25, 2017
