Transportation
Taxes
MTA gives final approval to congestion pricing plan
Though several lawsuits against the plan are still pending, the MTA board took a major step in approving details of the road tolling program on Wednesday.
Opinion
Opinion: Slaying New York’s two-headed monster driving up car insurance costs
The city and state must increase enforcement against garaging fraud and “ghost cars,” the illegal practices responsible for New York’s extremely high car insurance costs.
Albany Agenda
Goldman, Levine and Reynoso back new bus funding
Rep. Dan Goldman, and the Manhattan and Brooklyn borough presidents, want Hochul to include $90 million for more free buses and better service
Opinion
Opinion: New Yorkers deserve subway safety, not scare tactics and empty responses
To improve public safety on the subways, we need more services for mentally ill individuals, not more National Guard troops.
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Grizzly subway fight is latest blow to MTA
The agency needs to get a grip on violence that keeps erupting on the rails.
New York City
Ghostbusters: Hochul and Adams take on fake or obscured license plates
Cracking down on so-called ghost cars will be a joint effort to recoup bridge and tunnel toll money.
Criminal Justice
Hochul leaves bail behind and continues tough-on-crime approach with subway deployment
The governor said she would send National Guard troops and state police to check bags in the New York City subway system.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: If there’s one way to get straphangers angry, it’s a subway delay
A work stoppage after a grisly attack on a conductor made for a hellish morning commute that was totally unnecessary.
New York State
State lawmakers want to boost bus funding before congestion pricing
Additional money would fund more free bus lines in New York City.
New York City
The MTA will put all future capital projects on hold until congestion pricing lawsuits go away
The Port Authority’s Rick Cotton and Jamie Torres-Springer of the MTA talked about major infrastructure projects at City & State’s event.
MTA
DiNapoli: MTA needs $43B for repairs and upgrades
The costs estimates were detailed in a new report released by the state comptroller detailing the agency’s needs assessments over the next 20 years, starting in 2025.
MTA
MTA head 'really burned' by New Jersey over congestion pricing lawsuit, calls NJ Transit 'crummy service'
Janno Lieber unleashed his frustrations with the Garden State while some New York lawmakers made their own complaints about his agency during a joint budget hearing on transportation.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Hornell is no longer overlooked as America’s high-speed rail manufacturing home
The tiny town in the Southern Tier is on a comeback building next-generation Acela trains as well as other trains for transportation systems across the country.
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Interviews & Profiles
‘Now I’m part of the statistic’ Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas talks pedestrian safety
The Queens progressive was hit by a car on Jan. 4, and she said she’s more determined now to pursue street safety legislation.
Taxes
UFT, Staten Island borough president sue to block congestion pricing
The lawsuit is the latest in a series calling for a more thorough environmental review of the program’s impact on surrounding areas.
Transportation
Congestion pricing is one step closer to becoming a reality. Here’s what you need to know.
“We really wanted to limit exemptions and we did,” Traffic Mobility Review Board Chair Carl Weisbrod said of the board’s recommendations.
New York City
Congestion pricing sensors excluded from Lincoln Tunnel property, draws outcry from electeds
Officials representing Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen alleged gantries used for the upcoming toll program were deliberately kept off land owned by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
Interviews & Profiles
Rick Cotton on LaGuardia, World Trade Center, Port Authority Bus Terminal projects
The executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has learned a thing or two about getting massive projects to the finish line.
Technology
Dispelling technology fears as New York City move towards automation
While leaders and tech industry professionals push for digitization, the MTA seeks to rebuild credibility.
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