Crossing the T's: State Finally Signs Federal Agreement To Start ...
Nov 22, 2024 · She can't back out this time. The Hochul administration on Friday signed — finally — an agreement with the federal government authorizing congestion pricing, ending a nearly six-month holdout and finally clearing the way for the first central business district toll in America. Following Gov. Hochul's announcement last week that the congestion pricing toll would begin at $9 and rise to $15 ...
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Upper East Side Backs Central Park Transverse Plan Despite Anti-E …
6 days ago · The city's most-fervent anti-cycling activists failed on Wednesday night to convince a notoriously anti-bike Upper East Side community board to reject a common-sense safety redesign of Central Park's roadways in a way that would actually reduce bike and pedestrian conflicts.. Manhattan Community Board 8's Parks and Transportation Committee's 10-to-five vote in favor of the Central Park ...
Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can …
Oct 3, 2024 · MTA Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can Learn from Cities Around the World. New York’s subway was once an international model of modernity.
DWI Convictions Will Finally Mean License Points in New York State
Nov 26, 2024 · It's DW-about time. The state Department of Motor Vehicles will finally add points to a driver's license after a conviction for intoxicated driving or aggravated unlicensed operation — both of which will receive 11 points under new guidelines that quietly went into effect earlier this month.. Officials also increased the amount of points …
EXCLUSIVE: OMNY Debuts on Fair Fares After Delays
May 1, 2024 · New Yorkers who participate in the city's half-priced transit program Fair Fares will finally be able to use OMNY, the MTA's tap-and-go payment system — starting with a 90-day pilot for 50 riders, city and MTA officials said.
Modified 'Jaywalking' Repeal Passes Council - Streetsblog New …
Sep 26, 2024 · The Council on Thursday passed a bill to legalize walking into the street outside of crosswalks, sometimes known as "jaywalking," two weeks after holding off on the legislation due to advocates raising concerns that it put too much blame on pedestrians.. The lawmaker behind the proposal said that the bill still addresses the racist policing of …
Tunnel Vision! MTA Abandons Flawed Plan To Run IBX Partly on …
Oct 30, 2024 · In this case, tunnel vision is a good thing. The MTA no longer plans to hijack its future Brooklyn-Queens light rail project by running a segment of it on the street, agency leadership announced on Tuesday.. Instead, agency leaders told reporters on Tuesday that they will heed the warnings from outside advocates and explore building a tunnel under All Faiths Cemetery instead of running the ...
Congestion Pricing Has Begun! Here is the ONLY Explainer You Need
Jan 5, 2025 · Well here we are — the beginning of the age of congestion pricing. It finally happened after literal decades as a mere idea: One failed push in the aughts by then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg then a successful push in the 2010s by environmental and transit advocates with an eventual assist from former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who now more than anything wants you to forget that he was the guy who twisted ...
Analysis: Mayor Gets the 'W,' But Council Turns His Zoning Plan …
Nov 22, 2024 · Well, it’s a little more housing in some neighborhoods. The City Council's vote on Thursday to water down Mayor Adams's signature "City of Yes" rezoning — ending mandatory parking in areas with the best transit while keeping the costly mandate in low-density neighborhoods where it most hinders development — demonstrates the restive legislature's failure to institute progressive ...