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KOMANOFF: Why I’m Not Scrutinizing Traffic Data Yet (It’s The Rebound Effect, Stupid)
Watch out, there will soon be a rebound ― a bounceback in driving when traffic moves faster, our expert says.
January 15, 2025
GOP Governor Hopeful Mike Lawler Dishes Culture War Dreck In Anti-Transit Tantrum
The Republican congressman journeyed to Albany to spew the same empty rage that transit opponents have trotted out for years.
January 14, 2025
Masters of Deflection: Congestion Pricing Foes Stoke Fear of Subway Crime
Opponents of congestion pricing are trying to claim the tolling scheme unfairly forces New Yorkers onto a dangerous subway system, but it's more complicated.
January 14, 2025
MTA Drivers: Slowest Bus in Manhattan Is Faster Since Congestion Pricing
"I think ever since congestion pricing, driving in the city has gotten better. I feel it," one bus driver told Streetsblog.
January 10, 2025
Congestion Pricing: City Needs to Get Real With Plate, Placard Frauds
The Police Department boasted nabbing two would-be toll evaders with obscured plates, but more needs to be done.
January 8, 2025
Queensboro Bridge Pedestrians and Cyclists Still Crunched for Space Despite Congestion Pricing Launch
A rundown of the key street design changes Mayor Adams must make to take advantage of congestion pricing.
January 7, 2025
Tuesday’s Headlines: More Congestion Pricing Lies Edition
The Chicken Littles and plutocratic populists at the New York Post continued their flood-the-zone assault on congestion pricing. Plus other news.
January 7, 2025
STOP THE MADNESS: There Was Snow Way To Figure Out on Monday If Congestion Pricing ‘Works’
Give it a week, even a month before you start engaging in arguments with strangers about how congestion pricing is playing out. You'll feel better, promise.
January 6, 2025
Strangers Not Strangers: How I Greeted the Start of Congestion Pricing
We were a solid hundred at 60th Street and Lexington Avenue early this morning, greeting the turn of Saturday into Sunday to count down the start, finally, of congestion pricing in New York City. Ketcham was there. So were Naparstek, Orcutt, Sproule Love and Jacob W, among a dozen or two people I knew well enough to embrace. (More about them later.)
January 5, 2025
Congestion Pricing Has Begun! Here is the ONLY Explainer You Need
New York City entered the age of congestion pricing at 12:00:01 a.m. on Sunday. Here are the answers to all your questions.
January 5, 2025
