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OPINION: The Real Reason We Can’t Bike Over MTA Bridges
As its latest project shows, the Robert Moses-founded agency still valorizes motor traffic while ignoring cyclists and pedestrians.
September 8, 2020
KOMANOFF: ‘Gridlock Sam’ Ups The Ante
You gotta hand it to “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz. Here's why.
May 1, 2020
Car Guy Cuomo Targets Jerks who Deface License Plates to Avoid Tolls
Gov. Cuomo's focus on fare beating is finally going to start applying to drivers.
February 5, 2020
Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters
Veronica Vanterpool, who is leaving the board, "vehemently" opposes a giveback to drivers on the Henry Hudson and Cross Bay bridges.
December 17, 2019
RIVERDALE REBATE! Bronx Drivers Get Free Ride Over Henry Hudson Bridge In Congestion Pricing Carveout
Crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge will be free for Bronx drivers, Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz announced.
April 17, 2019
Tell Your Assembly Member to Get Behind Move New York Toll Reform
Assembly Democrats are meeting today to discuss their priorities for next year's legislation session, and StreetsPAC is asking New Yorkers to call their legislators and urge them to sign on to the Move NY toll reform plan.
October 17, 2017
Top Legal Expert Concludes NYC Has Power to Toll Its Own Roads and Bridges
One of New York City’s preeminent jurists, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., affirmed today that the city possesses full legal authority to toll its own roads and bridges and thus does not require state approval to implement congestion pricing.
July 6, 2017
Trottenberg Offers Congestion Solutions, But de Blasio Administration Won’t Touch Toll Reform
In light of a new legal analysis that concluded NYC can toll its own streets without waiting for Albany, the Move New York campaign has proposed a "home rule" version of its road pricing plan that would charge $2.75 to drive across the four East River bridges and a 60th Street cordon and tax for-hire vehicle and taxi trips in the densest parts of Manhattan. But despite a supportive City Council, the de Blasio administration isn't adding road pricing to its agenda.
June 5, 2017
Move NY Campaign Says Toll Reform Can Bypass Albany — Is City Hall Listening?
A legal scholar says NYC has the authority to toll its own roads and bridges, which could raise revenue for transit.
June 5, 2017
A Reminder: Pricing Car Trips to Fund Transit Is Progressive Policy
According to 2015 U.S. Census data, most households citywide don't own a car, car-owning households tend to be more affluent than car-free ones, and the vast majority of New Yorkers don't drive to work.
April 21, 2017
