Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

NYC Health Department: Traffic Is Poisoning Our Air

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

Estimated fine particle concentrations in winter 2008-2009 In a first of its kind report for the city, the Department of Health has issued a wake-up call for New Yorkers of all stripes: Car and truck traffic is killing us, in more ways than one. Collecting ground-level samples at 150 sites for a community air quality […]

Without Road Pricing, Will the Wheels on the Bus Stop Going ‘Round?

By Ben Fried | Dec 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

The city and state have paid less and less to help kids get to school. Graph of contributions to the student fare program: MTA [PDF]. Hat tip to Ben Kabak at Second Avenue Sagas for plucking this graph from yesterday’s urgent session of the MTA finance committee. It charts where the money comes from for […]

NYC Bridge Tolls: The Solution That Won’t Go Away

By John Kaehny | Dec 9, 2009 | 39 Comments

Is 2010 the year of bridge tolls? Or will it be 2011 or 2012? If the editorial boards and political insiders are even half right, New York State appears to be back on the brink of an epic fiscal crisis. Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch said today that the state faces a deficit of $9 billion […]

The High Cost of Free Riders

By Ben Fried | Oct 30, 2009 | 8 Comments

Whenever the prospect of funding our transit system with bridge tolls or congestion pricing arises, you can count on a hue and cry from aggrieved motorists about subsidizing other people’s commutes. But if the bridges stay free, who’s really paying for somebody else’s ride? Today’s Times story about the last phase of Manhattan Bridge reconstruction […]

District 1 Council Candidates: Safer Streets? Less Traffic? No Thanks.

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2009 | 9 Comments

Reader Ian Dutton sends this dispatch from last night’s candidate debate for the District 1 City Council seat representing Lower Manhattan, organized by the Downtown Express and the Villager. If you’re a District 1 resident who values safer streets and a well-funded transit system, tough luck. Last night at the Council District 1 candidates debate, […]

Time-Polluting Daily News Honcho Goes Public

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 18, 2009 | 17 Comments

Car commuters waste more than emissions. Photo: Kevin Coles/Flickr. In Utah, they flip off forest rangers and wheel their ATV’s onto delicate wilderness trails. In the Virginia exurbs they lounge in air-conditioned trophy homes and write checks to stop carbon taxes. Here in NYC, they find their “Network” moment in a 25-cent bump in MTA […]

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