MTA, congestion pricing and NYC

MTA touts success of first week of NYC congestion pricing plan — but do their numbers back up claims?
One week into congestion pricing, MTA officials say the results are promising — but can the state-run transit agency show the proof?
MTA shares initial impacts of congestion pricing: Here are the changes in traffic
With the first full week of congestion pricing in the books, the MTA shared data showing the initial impacts of the controversial plan. And the agency claims it is working. According to their new numbers,
1st week of congestion pricing made commuting to NYC faster, the MTA says
Drivers using the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels saw travel times drop due to congestion pricing, an MTA report said.
Is congestion pricing working? What MTA report tells us about Manhattan toll’s first week
Traffic entering Manhattan below 60th Street dropped by 7.5% in the first week after the start of a controversial $9 toll on driving in that area.
Nation's 1st congestion pricing 'working,' preliminary data shows: MTA
Preliminary data from the first week of New York City's highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country's first plan of its kind is working, officials said.
MTA: Fewer vehicles entered congestion pricing zone in first week
The faster speeds were most pronounced in the morning rush, when cars moved 39% faster through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and 28% faster across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Congestion pricing 1st-week data shows 7.5% fewer vehicles in zone and faster travel, MTA says
The MTA said 7.5% fewer vehicles entered the zone below 60th Street during the first week in which drivers had to pay the congestion pricing toll.
Congestion Pricing Has Eased NYC Traffic. Not Everyone Is Happy.
The introduction of a $9 congestion fee has resulted in faster speeds on some of the city’s famously snarled streets and fewer commuters on the bridges and tunnels. “The traffic is absolutely less, even during rush hour,
MTA acquires East Yaphank land in move toward relocating Yaphank LIRR station
Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico, citing talks with MTA officials, said the new train station would be built on 5.36 acres at ...
Ex-MTA CEO to head agency building $16B Gateway rail tunnel, sources say
A former New York MTA CEO is being tapped to lead the agency building the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel under the Hudson ...
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The MTA’s Capital Plan Remains Held at the Station as Major Funding Gap Grows
The $68.4 billion capital improvement plan, even with congestion pricing starting up in the new year, was still short by ...
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A state of collapse: How the MTA put riders on the fast track to ruin
The city’s subways aren’t just on the brink of collapse — the breakdown of the aging system has already begun.
MTA boss Janno Lieber passes the buck on congestion pricing exemptions for FDNY — tells firefighters to take it up with city instead
The fact that he, the MTA and the state don’t understand the work that we do for the system is appalling,” Andrew Ansbro, the ...
Vigil held for New York City subway burning victim Debrina Kawam in Brooklyn
A vigil was held Sunday in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam​, the woman fatally set on fire on a subway back in December​.
New York Democrats' new tax forces middle-class workers into lawless subway tunnels
New York City is imposing a controversial new driving tax on vehicles headed south of Central Park or into Manhattan from New ...
Hampton Roads Transit launches its interactive map
Hampton Roads Transit just released its interactive route map as an effort to make our transit system a little easier to ...