Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

Eric Schneiderman Cedes Leadership on MTA Rescue

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

If there’s one state legislator who gets it when it comes to the value of transit and car-free mobility, it’s Senator Eric Schneiderman. Representing parts of the Upper West Side, Northern Manhattan and the Bronx since 1998, Schneiderman once served as counsel for NYPIRG. He heralded the release of PlaNYC, likening its sweeping vision for […]

Rally for Transit Rescue Today at Union Square

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2009 | 6 Comments

There will be a rally today from 5:30 to 7:30 at Union Square (Broadway and 14th St. in Manhattan) in protest of planned MTA fare hikes and service cuts. Event organizers include Transportation Alternatives, the Straphangers Campaign, the Working Families Party, Keep New York Moving and the Facebook group "1,000,000 People Against the NYC MTA […]

Malcolm Smith: New York Transportation Policy “Not About the Merits”

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

Video: Elizabeth Benjamin/The Daily Politics. We were half-kidding last week when we said state legislators were open to taxing anything from pet food to shoelaces as long as they could say they had saved the MTA, and as long as drivers could continue to cross East and Harlem River bridges at no cost. Turns out […]

Time for Working Families Party to Step Up for Riders, Endorse Bridge Tolls

By Ben Fried | Apr 27, 2009 | 4 Comments

WFP director Dan Cantor (center) at a "Halt the Hike" rally last week. Photo: Working Families Party. Here’s another wake-up call for state legislators dithering over a transit funding package: The sinking economy continues to choke off revenues for New York City’s subways and buses. The MTA finance committee announced this afternoon that the agency’s […]

Bloomberg Slams Senate MTA Plan, Says Tolls Must Be Part of the Mix

By Brad Aaron | Apr 23, 2009 | 6 Comments

Just days after saying he would keep his MTA rescue advocacy efforts behind the scenes, Mayor Bloomberg today criticized the Senate’s latest toll-free plan. The Daily Politics has quotes from a morning Q&A session: "I spoke to Dick Ravitch again this morning – just a few minutes ago – he does not believe that the […]

Does the State Senate’s MTA Plan Pass Environmental Muster?

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2009 | 3 Comments

Where’s the Assembly’s eco-warrior when you need him? The Municipal Art Society came out with a report yesterday urging New York State to start analyzing greenhouse gas emissions in its environmental review process (SEQRA). MAS argues that the policy could be adopted without changing existing laws, which raises an interesting question to ponder on this […]

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