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CAPITOL DISPATCH: Albany Has No Plan, the Feds are Fuming and Transit Riders Are Facing a True ‘Shithole’ If MTA Cash Isn’t Raised
The halls of the state capitol were filled with dread on Tuesday as neither Gov. Hochul nor legislative leaders have a plan to fill the yawning funding gap in the MTA's renovation and expansion plan — and the federal government is laughing on the sidelines.
March 26, 2025
Four Easy Ways to Fight Back Against Trump’s Transit Attacks Right Now
Overwhelmed by the onslaught of bad federal transportation news? Here are four concrete ways you can start fighting back — and some tools to help you do it.
March 6, 2025
How Trump’s Radical Remaking of Environmental Review Could Reshape Transportation
Is reforming NEPA just a handout to Big Highway?
March 5, 2025
Sean Duffy Makes Propaganda Film In Failed Attempt To Show Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Work
The Secretary is doubling down on the Trump administration's mistaken view that the toll is ineffective and a "cash grab" from "hard-working New Yorkers." Is it too much to ask that he clean off the camera lens?
February 28, 2025
What Trump and Musk’s Deregulatory Blitz Could Mean for Auto Safety
Auto safety regulations are in the crosshairs — but Elon Musk may make out like, well, like an oligarch.
February 28, 2025
Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing
Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.
February 27, 2025
‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Falls Prey To Trump Purge
Some basic technical resources were housed on a single government website that was scrubbed shortly after Trump's inauguration. Now, advocates are scrambling.
February 26, 2025
Meet The FHWA Director Trump Disrespected and Ignored … And Just Put Under A Huge Microscope
The executive director of the Federal Highway Administration must feel like she has whiplash.
February 24, 2025
Thursday’s Headlines: King Donald the First Edition
President Trump not only killed congestion pricing on Wednesday, as first reported by the Post, but he and the White House also pronounced him "king."
February 20, 2025
Hochul Finally Finds Her Voice in Defending Congestion Pricing From ‘King’ Trump
Gov. Hochul scorned President Trump for killing congestion pricing, finally loudly and proudly standing up for the tolling program.
February 20, 2025
