Congestion Pricing
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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
Monday’s Headlines: Congestion Pricing Hysteria Edition
It's congestion pricing Day 2 in New York City. Here's a round-up of the coverage (and commentary) of Day 1.
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
Congestion Pricing Is Happening: Cue the Irrational Drama from the Placard Elite and the Suburbs
The last-minute appeals are getting desperate.
January 3, 2025
Tuesday’s Headlines: A Great Day for Congestion Pricing Just as 2024 Ends
Congestion pricing is saved! And by a Jersey judge, no less! Plus other news as we enter the last day of the year.
December 31, 2024
2024 in Review: The Year Congestion Pricing Almost Finally Happened (Again)
Kathy Hochul blew a $15 billion hole in the MTA's budget. As of publication, there's no guarantee it'll be filled come Jan. 5.
December 30, 2024
Congestion Pricing Dream Lives On After Two Judges Rule in MTA’s Favor
New York won two major victories in court on Monday after federal judges declined to put the skids on congestion pricing's Jan. 5 launch — and hinted that they don't think the lawsuits to stop the program will succeed.
December 23, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: Meeting Across The River Edition
Garden State transit advocates implored New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to do the right thing. Plus more news.
December 23, 2024
