Transit

Traffics heads up First Avenue toward a future congestion pricing toll reader, Nov. 14, 2024.

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

Nov. 15, 2024, 5:32 p.m.Jan. 3, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has revived the controversial and complicated Manhattan tolling plan after she put it on “pause” in June — but with new details.

Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke at her Midtown office about congestion pricing funds being used to complete the Interborough Express.

Transit

Hochul Says Congestion Pricing to Start Jan. 5 — Before Trump Takes Office

Nov. 14, 2024, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 14, 2024, 7:06 p.m.

The tolling scheme is back on track with a lower price point, and the governor says she’s “looking for from the federal government to our shared goals of making this a world-class system.”

Congestion pricing toll readers were ready for use at Columbus Circle.

Traffic

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Nov. 13, 2024, 7:05 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 9:23 p.m.

Multiple sources say MTA board will be briefed this week on the governor’s plans to revive the vehicle tolling scheme and bring the base per-day rate down from $15.

Traffic

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

Nov. 6, 2024, 11:32 a.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 7:26 p.m.

The once and future president months ago said that he would kill the vehicle tolling program, but if Gov. Kathy Hochul acts quickly, there may be hope.

Transportation

MTA Seeks Blueprints for Interborough Express Spanning Brooklyn and Queens

Oct. 29, 2024, 5:34 p.m.Oct. 29, 2024, 7:00 p.m.

Preliminary design work is next step for a new light rail line championed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Construction workers erected a residential development at the intersection of Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene.

Politics

What Harris or Trump Would Mean for New York’s Housing and Transit

Oct. 17, 2024, 2:41 p.m.Oct. 18, 2024, 9:25 a.m.

Help to buy and build housing are core planks for the Democratic nominee, while the Republican has vowed to kill driver congestion fees the MTA is counting on.

Taxi drivers testify remotely outside City Hall during a hearing on requiring vehicles to be wheelchair accessible.

Taxis

Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High

Oct. 10, 2024, 5:53 p.m.Oct. 10, 2024, 11:25 p.m.

Drivers rallied outside of a Taxi & Limousine Commission hearing on Thursday as the city tries to figure out how to comply with a judge's order enforcing a decade-old settlement.

A new rail car to Tottenville Staten Island on the tracks, Oct. 8, 2023

Transit

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.Oct. 8, 2024, 5:21 p.m.

The R211 model will replace SIR cars that have been in service for more than 50 years.

A cabbie drives under a congestion pricing toll placed at 60th Street and 11th Avenue before the plan was put on indefinite hold.

Traffic

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Sept. 26, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2024, 5:42 a.m.

A pair of cases that seek to revive the vehicle tolling program will rev up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Congestion pricing advocates rally at the Bowling Green station ahead of MTA board meeting, Sept. 25, 2024.

Transit

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

Sept. 25, 2024, 12:23 p.m.Sept. 26, 2024, 5:25 a.m.

The transit agency’s next five-year capital budget got the green light, but board and transit advocates are imploring Albany to figure out where the funding will come from.

Transit

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

Hochul Says Congestion Pricing to Start Jan. 5 — Before Trump Takes Office

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

MTA Seeks Blueprints for Interborough Express Spanning Brooklyn and Queens

What Harris or Trump Would Mean for New York’s Housing and Transit

Cabbies Say Cost to Move to Wheelchair-Accessible Cars Is Too High

Late Arrival: New Train Cars Finally Come to Staten Island After Three-Year Wait

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

MTA Board Approves $68B Plan Despite Hochul’s Congestion Pricing Pause

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