Of 1.5m who work in #Manhattan below 60th Street, <150k drive. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opinion/were-taking-new-york-citys-streets-back-and-then-were-coming-for-the-rest-of-the-country.html

$15/car congestion fee to yield $1b/year for the MTA seems more than fair. https://gwagner.com/congestion-pricing

#NYC #MTA #CongestionPricing #climate

RT @tri_state: 16yrs after FTA approval, GovMurphy's NJT Capital plan only gives Englewood light rail extension 5% of $2B est cost. Now the Feds are pulling the plug. Instead of widening the Turnpike & suing over #congestionpricing, Murphy should invest in real climate infrastructure! #FundNJT

RT @northjersey A proposed extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail into Bergen County has hit another hurdle that will delay planning for at least two more years.
https://northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2023/08/30/nj-transit-hudson-bergen-light-rail-expansion-delayed/70716189007/

RT @komanoff: "The greater Q is why the MTA is insisting it must double toll the tunnels. That wd give credence to NJ Gov Murphy & other pols who want to kill #congestionpricing altogether. It amounts to sabotaging what is still a very good idea." Top-notch @rossbarkan:

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics/politics-mta-must-not-risk-congestion-pricing-double-tolling-drivers

That there is a subway to absorb all this water makes it better for the surface transportation (buses, trucks, bicycles, and cars).

If there were fewer cars, the bicycles, buses and trucks would move faster.

https://gothamist.com/news/times-square-water-main-break-shuts-down-nyc-subway-lines

#MTA
#WaterMainBreak
#SurfaceTransportation
#CongestionPricing

#Portland #congestionPricing policy being updated in the metro Regional Transportation Plan, needs public comment supporting this #SafeStreets policy and a switch from car-centric measures to "new mobility policies based on system completeness, #VMTreduction, and reliability"

chapter 3: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/sites/default/files/2023/07/10/2023-RTP-chapter-3-public-review-draft-20230710.pdf

NJ Governor Murphy wants trash talk congestion pricing, really? 😎 The guy who's been elected by a bunch of square-foot maximizing 'burbanites who can't seem to manage life outside their oversized podcast players? Oh, and if he actually read e.g. https://gwagner.com/nyc-15-9-3/, he'd pretty much see each of his (substantive) points addressed.
#climate #NYC #CongestionPricing

15) in an impressive display of DENSITY, Gov. Philip Murphy of #NewJersey displays impressive ignorance of DENSITY, at least that associated with #CongestionPricing in #NYC

Said governor apparently claims to be #environment friendly and yet can’t seem to grasp the notion that cars in the densest urban locale in the country might not be a good idea

#ClimateCrisis #PublicTransit #Politics #Transportation

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/nyregion/congestion-pricing-phil-murphy-new-jersey.html

Regular readers of this feed will know that I'm not one to look kindly upon New Jersey or drivers, let alone New Jersey drivers.

Still, this Justin Fox column is spot on https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/26/new-jersey-drivers-deserve-a-break-on-manhattan-congestion-pricing/af25fb02-2ba3-11ee-a948-a5b8a9b62d84_story.html
#NYC #CongestionPricing #climate

RT @profplotch Best coverage of yesterday's Traffic Mobility Board meeting. They will recommend, but not decide, on tolls for NY's #congestionpricing program.
@_rebeccaclewis @cityandstateny

https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2023/07/exemptions-begin-forefront-congestion-pricing-debate/388673/

@JeffreyFox Yeah, Fuck #Gottheimer. Out of state cash helped get him elected. He's part of the suit against #NYC's #congestionPricing . Don't ask me for money you piece of shit.

*sigh*

We're going to completely fuck this up, aren't we? 🤦

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/07/21/theyre-all-adults-but-did-the-traffic-mobility-review-board-do-the-reading

#NYC #CongestionPricing #MTA

This tells me a side effect of #congestionPricing may be faster speeds.

Shot: NYT op-ed making the case for congestion pricing https://gwagner.com/congestion-pricing/

Chaser: analysis showing how the MTA's $1b revenue target can be met with a 15/9/3 congestion price https://gwagner.com/NYC-15-9-3/
#NYC #MTA #CongestionPricing

@atthenius @capntransit @MVHegemony This is why the TRI-STATE area (including New Jersey) needs NYC to CBD tolling.

#CongestionPricing

Good #CongestionPricing roundup by The Tribeca Citizen https://tribecacitizen.com/2023/07/06/in-the-news-the-latest-on-congestion-pricing-from-around-the-area/
#NYC

@capntransit @streetsblognyc
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/07/11/opinion-pedestrianize-the-financial-district-now
That was an easy search. It will happen. Would like to make it sooner than later. Maybe with #CongestionPricing and #WorkFromHome #WFH

How Might Congestion Pricing Actually Work in New York? - The tolls will mostly be collected electronically through the E-ZPass system, and drivers should expect penalties for late payments. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/nyregion/congestion-pricing-nyc.html #congestionpricing #transit #MTA #nyctransit

Good news https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing.html

Two cheers https://gwagner.com/congestion-pricing/
#climate #NYC #CongestionPricing

Congestion Pricing Plan in New York City Clears Final Federal Hurdle - The program, which could begin next year, would charge drivers to enter Midtown Manhattan, with the revenues going to improve mass #transit https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing.html #MTA #congestionpricing

https://grist.org/equity/race-must-be-factor-decrease-air-pollution/

“#Income is not a good #proxy, alone, for #race,” said Polonik.
 
Additionally, researchers found that #pollution from #powerplants and #transportation are particularly important in perpetuating #airquality #inequity. When these types of pollution are targeted, it can reduce imbalances. 

#pricepollution
#pricedriving
#PriceParking
#congestionpricing
#CarFreeCityCentersPlease