Dave Colon
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Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications
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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.
NYC Congestion Pricing Moves Ahead as MTA Answers Feds’ 400 Technical Questions
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Well, that's one roadblock lifted.
MTA Boss: Feds’ Extensive Technical Questions Are Delaying Congestion Pricing
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How many questions must the MTA face before they can put in a toll?
Gas Tax Holiday Is Stupid
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A ‘gas tax holiday’ does little to help people most hurt by rising prices
NYC Mayor Takes Transit, Bikes to Get Around
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You know what's weird? A mayor not riding the subway or a bike to get around.
DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened
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But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?
In Their Own Words: New Yorkers Want Congestion Pricing … And Now
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Some amazingly eloquent New Yorkers speaking out for relief from constant abuse by car drivers.
Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways
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Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.
What Is The MTA Assessing In Its Congestion Pricing Environmental Assessment?
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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.
This Is Happening: Feds Let MTA Do Simpler Environmental Review of Congestion Pricing
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The Era of No Malarkey has come to New York public transportation.
A Fairer, Safer City? Here’s the Agenda from Top Transportation Advocacy Groups
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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.
Congestion Pricing Can Still Happen in 2021 — But There Are a Lot of ‘Ifs,’ Including President Biden
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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.