Eight Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Goes Great With the Fast Forward Plan to Fix NYC Transit
Andy Byford's Fast Forward NYC plan to modernize subways and buses has set the stage for congestion pricing in the 2019 Albany session.
May 29, 2018
Attention L Shutdown Complainers: Bus Pollution Is a Blast From the Past
New Yorkers dreading an invasion of soot-belching buses during the L train shutdown should take a deep breath.
May 14, 2018
A Better Taxi Surcharge: More Congestion Reduction, Less Pain for Cab Drivers
A better, fairer for-hire vehicle surcharge would raise the fee when congestion is most intense and charge more for vehicles that spend longer in the congestion zone.
May 1, 2018
Setting Up a Cordon Toll Would Pay for Itself in a Few Months
NYU's Mitchell Moss says a congestion pricing cordon toll would be "massive and costly." Au contraire.
April 10, 2018
Albany Didn’t Even Get the Taxi Fees Right
By omitting a cordon toll and charging taxis and Ubers per trip instead of per minute, Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders bungled their chance to reduce New York's most punishing traffic congestion.
April 3, 2018
Manhattan Congestion Is Too Intense to Fix With an Uber Fee Alone
With the momentum for a New York City congestion pricing plan in danger of dissipating into an Uber fee, it’s worth revisiting first principles.
March 21, 2018
Assembly Democrats’ Taxi Surcharge Plan Isn’t Congestion Pricing
There’s no cordon toll on cars or trucks, which means zero charge on, and revenue from, the city’s #1 congestion source.
March 14, 2018
Charting a New Course to Street Safety
Calming one dangerous street at a time, as NYC DOT promised this week, too late, for 9th Street, is just part of the task before us.
March 9, 2018
An Hourly Fee on Cabs and Ubers Is Less Radical Than It Appears
Transportation analyst Bruce Schaller recommends charging for-hire vehicles between $5 and $50 per hour within the Manhattan taxi zone.
March 7, 2018
The Cost of Cold Feet: No Cordon Toll Means Kissing Most Congestion Pricing Benefits Goodbye
Without a cordon toll, the time savings from reduced traffic congestion drops by at least 60 percent. The revenues available to improve transit drop by 60 percent or more as well.
February 22, 2018
