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Dave Colon

Recent Posts

Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications

By Dave Colon | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments
There are seven scenarios in New York's environmental assessment for congestion pricing. How this plays out is crucial to America's effort to rein in traffic and fund transit.
Traffic. A big check. Tolls. And the pricing zone. We're one step closer to it all coming true.

NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions

By Dave Colon | Jun 30, 2022 | No Comments
Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber before delivering bad news on congestion pricing. Photo: Dave Colon

MTA Boss: Feds’ Extensive Technical Questions Are Delaying Congestion Pricing

By Dave Colon | May 27, 2022 | No Comments
How many questions must the MTA face before they can put in a toll?
Image via Creative Commons.

Gas Tax Holiday Is Stupid

By Dave Colon | Mar 30, 2022 | No Comments
A ‘gas tax holiday’ does little to help people most hurt by rising prices
Mayor Eric Adams doing a very normal thing. Photo: NYC Mayor's Office

NYC Mayor Takes Transit, Bikes to Get Around

By Dave Colon | Jan 4, 2022 | No Comments
You know what's weird? A mayor not riding the subway or a bike to get around.
Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened

By Dave Colon | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments
But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?
These New Yorkers are sick of it all.

In Their Own Words: New Yorkers Want Congestion Pricing … And Now

By Dave Colon | Sep 27, 2021 | No Comments
Some amazingly eloquent New Yorkers speaking out for relief from constant abuse by car drivers.
A curbside rain garden in Queens. Photo: NYC DEP

Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways

By Dave Colon | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments
Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.
So what's next for congestion pricing?

What Is The MTA Assessing In Its Congestion Pricing Environmental Assessment?

By Dave Colon | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments
The MTA finally got long-awaited clearance from the federal government to move forward on congestion pricing by doing an environmental assessment rather than a full-blown environmental impact statement. But most people don’t know what will be assessed by the environmental assessment.
Congestion pricing: an idea whose time is here.

This Is Happening: Feds Let MTA Do Simpler Environmental Review of Congestion Pricing

By Dave Colon | Mar 31, 2021 | No Comments
The Era of No Malarkey has come to New York public transportation.
Transportation advocates want candidates in 2021 who'll paint the town red.

A Fairer, Safer City? Here’s the Agenda from Top Transportation Advocacy Groups

By Dave Colon | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments
Transit and safe streets are the foundation for climbing out of the coronavirus pandemic because street safety and transit improvements "can boost mobility, access, safety, and resiliency," a coalition of groups argue.
Photo: Parker Day

Congestion Pricing Can Still Happen in 2021 — But There Are a Lot of ‘Ifs,’ Including President Biden

By Dave Colon | Nov 19, 2020 | No Comments
Advocates are hopeful that incoming President Biden will fast-track congestion pricing so that they can still start in 2021. But how would such a thing happen? Here's our latest deep dive into the issue.
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