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Hamstrung! Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Screws Over the Next MTA Capital Plan: Report
Gov. Hochul’s congestion pricing pause will eat into the MTA’s execution of its next capital plan and push the start of work on that plan back by years, a new report argues.
September 16, 2024
MTA: Don’t Ask Us How Much It’ll Cost to Keep This System Running Another 20 Years
Some costs were provided, but outside observers were baffled why the MTA neglected to say how much the repair and refresh part would cost.
October 4, 2023
FERRY INTERESTING: Mayor Adams Raises Base Fare on City’s Boats
The city will raise the base fare on the NYC Ferry system by nearly 50 percent, but in doing so, Adams said he would shore up the service and make it more equitable with reduced fares for low-income residents.
July 14, 2022
THE PRICE IS WRONG: Four Takeaways From The MTA’s Cost Comparisons Report
MTA efficiency does not stack up very well compared to cousin transit agencies around the country and the globe, a new report shows.
January 25, 2022
Budget Watchdog: Mayoral Control of MTA Would Be ‘Miserable’
But Corey Johnson doubles-down on his call for city control of the transit system in an exciting Hunter College panel on Wednesday night.
May 16, 2019
How the MTA Can Improve Access-a-Ride Service While Cutting Costs
For customers, the price of a trip on Access-A-Ride, the MTA's service for New Yorkers with disabilities, is the same as a subway fare. But for the MTA, the cost of providing the service is much higher. At $72.65 per trip (the cost has risen since 2014, when the figures for the above table were compiled), Access-A-Ride is the most expensive paratransit system to operate in the nation. The high costs of the program eat into the MTA's ability to provide subway and bus service.
September 20, 2016
Citizens Budget Commission: MTA Capital Program Must Change Course
The fight over how to fund the MTA's next capital plan is just starting to heat up, with worries over disappearing federal dollars, ever-expanding debt, and proposals for new revenue sources. Before the funding discussion gets going in earnest, a new report from the Citizens Budget Commission [PDF] begs the region's transportation policymakers to take a step back and consider a more fundamental question: Does this plan prioritize the right things?
October 24, 2014
The Car as Underdog, and Other Mind-Benders
From the New York Times' new City Room blog comes a post entitled "Congestion Pricing: Has David Bested Goliath?"
June 25, 2007