Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed budget includes about $6.9 billion for state-owned road and bridge construction and repair, $3 billion toward the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s latest capital plan and boosts to the operating budgets of the MTA and other downstate transit agencies.
The MTA released a report Monday showing traffic heading into New York City was down a week after the new congestion pricing plan went into effect.
Vowing that “on time and on budget has to be the mantra,” former Metropolitan Transportation Authority CEO Thomas Prendergast was hired Thursday to run the agency building the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
Governor Kathy Hochul's safety plan deploys additional NYPD officers on NYC's overnight subways to enhance security.
Congestion pricing was never just about reducing the number of cars in the city, though. Fewer cars would also mean a better quality of life for the millions of people who actually live in New York City, and in that regard, it sounds like congestion pricing has also been a success:
The MTA has invested in 265 electric buses using funds from congestion tolls, with goals for a zero-emission fleet by 2040.
Behind the political fight over the new tolling program is a deepening crisis in the transportation system in New York City and around the country for which neither political party has an answer.
The congestion zone covers an area south of Central Park, taking in such well-known sites as the Empire State Building, Times Square and the financial district around Wall Street.
The first congestion pricing plan in the U.S. has begun, charging most drivers $9 a day to enter the lower half of Manhattan. The long-debated plan is projected to raise up to $800 million a year for the city's aging public transit system.
New York's MTA is claiming that, after only one week, the "congestion parking" initiative implemented is "working"
Look no further than New York, where Gov. Kathy Hochul is pitching billions of more dollars in welfare spending as New York City’s subways fall into deeper disrepair. The lesson that Ms. Hochul ...
A new toll on drivers entering the core ... per day — compared to the equivalent period last year, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said. “Just look out the window: there ...