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Chuckie’s in Love: Schumer Says Biden and Buttigieg Will Prioritize Congestion Pricing … But When?!
Congestion pricing feels like it's just a shrug to New York's elected leadership.
January 25, 2021
So What Is the Deal With The Governor And This New Gateway Project Report?
The Big Dog thinks he knows the best plan for an essential, but long-stalled, rail project. What is he doing?
November 30, 2020
New COVID Relief Bill Gives Zero Dollars to Sustainable Transportation
Senate Republicans have released a new COVID-19 relief bill that allocates billions of dollars to air travel, but leaves zero dollars for the public transit systems that experts say are getting essential employees to work — and keeping our entire economy afloat.
July 28, 2020
DOT Lost Millions in Federal Funds for Staten Island Ferry
The city blames the feds. The feds blame the city. But the bottom line? We lost out on more than $2 million in funding to make a Staten Island Ferry boat cleaner.
May 15, 2020
Do Not Collaborate With Hatred
Andrew Cuomo and Chuck Schumer must refrain from making any overtures unless and until Trump conclusively renounces, with complete and utter finality, the racist, anti-democratic platform that he campaigned on.
November 14, 2016
Democrats Who Embrace the Trump Infrastructure Plan Are Suckers
As painful as it is to deal with the reality of a Donald Trump presidency, if you think highways and sprawl are a terrible mistake, the time to mobilize is now.
November 10, 2016
Gas Tax Hike Will Help New Jersey Pay for New Rail Tunnel
To history’s list of epic negotiations, we may someday add the prospective deal to finance the Gateway Project between Newark’s and New York City’s Penn Stations. With two belligerent states, a disgraced Port Authority, and Amtrak and the federal government on the hook for Gateway’s $15 billion (and counting) expense, divvying up the cost will be contentious, to say the least. But the final equation will almost certainly include a rise in New Jersey’s stunningly low gasoline tax.
August 13, 2015
DOT Scores TIGER Grants for Vision Zero and Rockaways Transpo Study
City Hall and Senator Charles Schumer announced yesterday that NYC DOT had secured a $25 million federal grant for street safety and greenway projects in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Notably, the press release announcing the funding hailed street design improvements as a "critical" component of the city's Vision Zero safety agenda. In addition, a separate $1.4 million federal grant will fund a transportation study for the Rockaways.
September 10, 2014
Caption Contest: Chuck Schumer Rides the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Looks like protected bike infrastructure is growing on Chuck Schumer. High-powered backchannel NIMBY assault notwithstanding, New York's senior senator apparently does enjoy riding the bike lane in his front yard, as you can see in this Sunday morning photo courtesy of fellow PPW resident Paul Steely White.
March 18, 2012
Chuck Schumer on Niagara Falls Highway: “Tear Down This Road”
Most members of Congress are excited to cut the ribbon for a new stretch of freeway, but it's a smaller set indeed that will stand up for the removal of a highway, no matter how neighborhood-blighting. As of yesterday, count New York Senator Chuck Schumer among their number.
December 13, 2011