Congestion Pricing Now!
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Updates from the fight to bring congestion pricing to the streets of New York City.
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Truly horrible. When Kathy Hochul deigns to listen to anyone, it is to people like this killer, people who live in the suburbs and insist on driving their oversized vehicle into the densest place in America. #CongestionPricingNow
NYPD: 4th person dead after drunk driver rammed into LES park on July 4th
Emily Ruiz lived at a public housing complex across the street.
gothamist.com
July 12, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Truly horrible. When Kathy Hochul deigns to listen to anyone, it is to people like this killer, people who live in the suburbs and insist on driving their oversized vehicle into the densest place in America. #CongestionPricingNow
Sure would be a shame if the governor's inbox was flooded with questions about #CongestionPricing.
Questions for the Governor
Questions for the Governor.
forms.ny.gov
July 11, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Sure would be a shame if the governor's inbox was flooded with questions about #CongestionPricing.
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Maybe today is #CongestionPricing Lawsuit day
Great interactive project that shows you how your commute will suffer thanks to Hochul's decision to cancel congestion pricing and defund the MTA $16.5B
As a reminder, call Hochul today and tell her how upset you are! (518) 474-8390
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
As a reminder, call Hochul today and tell her how upset you are! (518) 474-8390
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See How Your Subway Service May Suffer Without Congestion Pricing
Extensive cuts totaling $16.5 billion have suspended crucial repairs and upgrades to New York City’s vast transit network.
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Maybe today is #CongestionPricing Lawsuit day
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We were proud to join Riders Alliance today to build a #FastBusAve!
Flatbush Avenue bus riders deserve better than 4 mph buses. We need safe streets, efficient buses, and reliable ways to get around New York City.
Flatbush Avenue bus riders deserve better than 4 mph buses. We need safe streets, efficient buses, and reliable ways to get around New York City.
July 9, 2024 at 8:12 PM
We were proud to join Riders Alliance today to build a #FastBusAve!
Flatbush Avenue bus riders deserve better than 4 mph buses. We need safe streets, efficient buses, and reliable ways to get around New York City.
Flatbush Avenue bus riders deserve better than 4 mph buses. We need safe streets, efficient buses, and reliable ways to get around New York City.
#CongestionKathy are we winning yet?
Midtown Traffic Slower Than Ever After Hochul's Congestion Pricing Betrayal - Streetsblog New York City
Traffic moved 6.8 mph in Manhattan's Central Business District and 4.6 mph in Midtown last month — the slowest June on record.
nyc.streetsblog.org
July 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
#CongestionKathy are we winning yet?
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you have to wonder whether this would've been one of the cars congestion pricing took off the road gothamist.com/news/nypd-3-...
NYPD: NJ man charged with drunk driving after 3 killed in July 4th LES crash
Responding officers say they smelled alcohol on the driver
gothamist.com
July 5, 2024 at 4:25 PM
you have to wonder whether this would've been one of the cars congestion pricing took off the road gothamist.com/news/nypd-3-...
Kathy Hochul doesn't care.
NYPD: NJ man charged with drunk driving after 3 killed in July 4th LES crash
Responding officers say they smelled alcohol on the driver
gothamist.com
July 5, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Kathy Hochul doesn't care.
New worry just dropped. #Project2025
Project 2025 Would Increase Costs for Commuters, Defund Transit Maintenance, and Undermine Economic Growth
How a radical plan to eliminate federal transit funding could devastate local transit systems, hurt families, and undermine economic growth.
www.americanprogress.org
July 3, 2024 at 6:18 PM
New worry just dropped. #Project2025
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I made a live crash tracker to support congestion pricing in NYC! Will any of my 19 followers see it here? Who knows!
transpomaps.org/projects/nyc...
transpomaps.org/projects/nyc...
NYC Congestion Zone Live Crash Tracker
Since January 1st, 2024 1,320 people have been injured by motor vehicles and 8 have been killed.
transpomaps.org
July 2, 2024 at 3:33 AM
I made a live crash tracker to support congestion pricing in NYC! Will any of my 19 followers see it here? Who knows!
transpomaps.org/projects/nyc...
transpomaps.org/projects/nyc...
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My colleagues counted cars to see how much congestion pricing might've made this morning (about $200,000)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 1, 2024 at 7:44 PM
My colleagues counted cars to see how much congestion pricing might've made this morning (about $200,000)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning -
We then came up with a ballpark figure for how much the city might have generated in an hour at those toll points.
The total? About $200k in tolls for that hour.”
Gift-link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We then came up with a ballpark figure for how much the city might have generated in an hour at those toll points.
The total? About $200k in tolls for that hour.”
Gift-link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning
A year’s worth of tolls is hard to picture. But what about an hour’s worth?
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2024 at 8:25 PM
“We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning -
We then came up with a ballpark figure for how much the city might have generated in an hour at those toll points.
The total? About $200k in tolls for that hour.”
Gift-link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
We then came up with a ballpark figure for how much the city might have generated in an hour at those toll points.
The total? About $200k in tolls for that hour.”
Gift-link:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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a phased ramp-up of the congestion fee, to an eventual $15, with alternative funding sources to make up the deficit in the meantime, would be acceptable. implementable compromise is favorable to a drawn out court battle that stretches into a second Trump term where the pending program dies forever.
All of you have done a great job calling your elected officials.
KEEP IT UP!!!
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/n...
KEEP IT UP!!!
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/n...
Hochul Is Pressed to Resurrect Congestion Pricing With Lower Toll
In conversations, New York legislators have suggested a way to bring back the program, possibly with a toll below $15.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2024 at 6:08 PM
a phased ramp-up of the congestion fee, to an eventual $15, with alternative funding sources to make up the deficit in the meantime, would be acceptable. implementable compromise is favorable to a drawn out court battle that stretches into a second Trump term where the pending program dies forever.
Kathy Hochul contains multitudes. A few weeks ago, she decided that what New York City needed more of was cars. Now that the nice folks at @transalt.org were kind enough to bring a whole bunch of them to her office, she has changed her tune and refused to accept them. What gives Kathy???
When Governor Hochul paused congestion pricing, she doomed us to a NYC overrun by cars.
We tried to give her what she wants: more cars — and notes from constituents in need of clean air & accessible transit.
We were shocked that her staff refused to accept their pleas for help.
We tried to give her what she wants: more cars — and notes from constituents in need of clean air & accessible transit.
We were shocked that her staff refused to accept their pleas for help.
July 1, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Kathy Hochul contains multitudes. A few weeks ago, she decided that what New York City needed more of was cars. Now that the nice folks at @transalt.org were kind enough to bring a whole bunch of them to her office, she has changed her tune and refused to accept them. What gives Kathy???
On the day that congestion pricing should've started, there's a flash flood warning in Manhattan(from a rainstorm that was undoubtedly worsened by climate change) and the arsonist herself Kathy Hochul was marching around NYC in an MTA pride t-shirt. I'm sooo tired and it isn't even Monday yet.
June 30, 2024 at 10:10 PM
On the day that congestion pricing should've started, there's a flash flood warning in Manhattan(from a rainstorm that was undoubtedly worsened by climate change) and the arsonist herself Kathy Hochul was marching around NYC in an MTA pride t-shirt. I'm sooo tired and it isn't even Monday yet.
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NYC congestion pricing was supposed to go into effect today. Let's see what Governor Kathy Hochul -- who intervened to prevent the policy leaving a multi-billion dollar hole in the MTA's budget and canceling service improvements and needed station upgrades -- is up to.
Oh. Oh no.
Oh. Oh no.
June 30, 2024 at 4:32 PM
NYC congestion pricing was supposed to go into effect today. Let's see what Governor Kathy Hochul -- who intervened to prevent the policy leaving a multi-billion dollar hole in the MTA's budget and canceling service improvements and needed station upgrades -- is up to.
Oh. Oh no.
Oh. Oh no.
The toll so far from Kathy Hochul's #CongestionPricing reversal summed up in a single graphic, courtesy of @streetsblognyc.bsky.social. More cars on the road, more pollution in the air, more lives lost to traffic violence, more wasted time, less revenue. A dark day for NYC and the world.
All We've Lost: Congestion Pricing Should Have Started Today - Streetsblog New York City
Let's take stock of what we've lost because the MTA's central business district cameras are not tolling drivers.
nyc.streetsblog.org
June 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
The toll so far from Kathy Hochul's #CongestionPricing reversal summed up in a single graphic, courtesy of @streetsblognyc.bsky.social. More cars on the road, more pollution in the air, more lives lost to traffic violence, more wasted time, less revenue. A dark day for NYC and the world.
Pissed off about #CongestionPricing? Have some new shoes that you still need to wear in? Want some new content for the 'gram? Whatever the reason, join us tomorrow at 3pm for a march from Columbus Circle to Times Square!!!
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June 28, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Pissed off about #CongestionPricing? Have some new shoes that you still need to wear in? Want some new content for the 'gram? Whatever the reason, join us tomorrow at 3pm for a march from Columbus Circle to Times Square!!!
Telling that Gov. Kathy Hochul's first public event in New York City since her disastrous #CongestionPrice pause is at the grand opening of the Stonewall National Monument, where she will be free from any disruptions courtesy of the Secret Service.
June 28, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Telling that Gov. Kathy Hochul's first public event in New York City since her disastrous #CongestionPrice pause is at the grand opening of the Stonewall National Monument, where she will be free from any disruptions courtesy of the Secret Service.
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Central Park went car-free six years ago yesterday.
People said it would never happen.
People said it would never be a success.
Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way.
(Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)
People said it would never happen.
People said it would never be a success.
Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way.
(Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)
At last, Central Park is permanently car-free
New York City’s most popular park is now closed to vehicular traffic, except on a few crosstown thoroughfares.
ny.curbed.com
June 28, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Central Park went car-free six years ago yesterday.
People said it would never happen.
People said it would never be a success.
Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way.
(Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)
People said it would never happen.
People said it would never be a success.
Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way.
(Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)
Haven't made your daily calls yet? Here's everything that #CongestionKathy has taken from us. Get mad and get on the phone!
All the NYC transit upgrades that won't happen under congestion pricing freeze
MTA board members described details of the new plans as “a financial disaster” and “dire.”
gothamist.com
June 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Haven't made your daily calls yet? Here's everything that #CongestionKathy has taken from us. Get mad and get on the phone!
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Yesterday, the MTA Board made clear the repercussions of pausing congestion pricing.
By creating a $15B hole in the agency's capital budget, the "pause" will cause a host of projects to be immediately paused.
First, foremost, and by far the worst are ADA accessibility projects:
By creating a $15B hole in the agency's capital budget, the "pause" will cause a host of projects to be immediately paused.
First, foremost, and by far the worst are ADA accessibility projects:
June 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Yesterday, the MTA Board made clear the repercussions of pausing congestion pricing.
By creating a $15B hole in the agency's capital budget, the "pause" will cause a host of projects to be immediately paused.
First, foremost, and by far the worst are ADA accessibility projects:
By creating a $15B hole in the agency's capital budget, the "pause" will cause a host of projects to be immediately paused.
First, foremost, and by far the worst are ADA accessibility projects:
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When Governor Hochul “paused” congestion pricing, she doomed New Yorkers to a city overrun by cars.
Now, we're asking you to chip in $5 (or more) to help us deliver thousands of toy cars to her — with the news cameras watching.
➡️ act.transalt.org/a/cars-for-k...
Now, we're asking you to chip in $5 (or more) to help us deliver thousands of toy cars to her — with the news cameras watching.
➡️ act.transalt.org/a/cars-for-k...
June 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM
When Governor Hochul “paused” congestion pricing, she doomed New Yorkers to a city overrun by cars.
Now, we're asking you to chip in $5 (or more) to help us deliver thousands of toy cars to her — with the news cameras watching.
➡️ act.transalt.org/a/cars-for-k...
Now, we're asking you to chip in $5 (or more) to help us deliver thousands of toy cars to her — with the news cameras watching.
➡️ act.transalt.org/a/cars-for-k...
It's the day after the MTA board meeting and our next steps are clear. 1. Call call call. Call the governor. Call your federal reps. Call your state reps. Call your council member. 2. Come on out to a rally, make some noise and meet likeminded people! Don't let #CongestionKathy get away with this!
June 27, 2024 at 1:54 PM
It's the day after the MTA board meeting and our next steps are clear. 1. Call call call. Call the governor. Call your federal reps. Call your state reps. Call your council member. 2. Come on out to a rally, make some noise and meet likeminded people! Don't let #CongestionKathy get away with this!
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again, only congestion pricing can fund much-needed signal upgrades, elevators, and subway extensions AND reduce crashes, improve air quality, and lead to less traffic.
we need congestion pricing.
tell the governor: (518) 474-8390
we need congestion pricing.
tell the governor: (518) 474-8390
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on congestion pricing: $15 is too much for New Yorkers right now
New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the signing of two bills aimed at protecting children and teens online, fate of congestion pricing in New York City, and more.
www.cnbc.com
June 21, 2024 at 3:11 PM
again, only congestion pricing can fund much-needed signal upgrades, elevators, and subway extensions AND reduce crashes, improve air quality, and lead to less traffic.
we need congestion pricing.
tell the governor: (518) 474-8390
we need congestion pricing.
tell the governor: (518) 474-8390
Angry and disappointed after today's MTA board meeting? I know I am! But it is important to not let our emotions get the best of us. It's old news that #CongestionPricing can't start without NYSDOT's signature. What was genuinely surprising today is how supportive the board is of congestion pricing.
June 27, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Angry and disappointed after today's MTA board meeting? I know I am! But it is important to not let our emotions get the best of us. It's old news that #CongestionPricing can't start without NYSDOT's signature. What was genuinely surprising today is how supportive the board is of congestion pricing.