Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

Doomsday Transit Cuts, District by District

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2009 | No Comments

Barring a viable MTA rescue plan, the 140,000 transit riders in Ruben Diaz. Sr.’s district will lose the Bx4 and the Bx14 If you’re wondering how MTA doomsday service cuts will affect you, you can now look them up by state legislative district and ZIP code, thanks to new maps from the Regional Plan Association. […]

Transit Riders to Diaz: Not In Our Name

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

Constituents picketed outside the office of Ruben Diaz, Sr. yesterday to urge the Bronx state senator to get behind the MTA rescue plan, which includes new tolls on East and Harlem River bridges. Though some 140,000 people in his district use transit every day, and are facing serious service cuts along with steep fare hikes, […]

Blame Game Continues: Smith Swipes at MTA, Monserrate Goes Anti-Toll

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2009 | 10 Comments

There’s MTA rescue news today from the State Senate, and none of it good. Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate, who had considered new tolls on East and Harlem River bridges acceptable as a "last resort," has flip-flopped. The Daily Politics reports that Monserrate now opposes new tolls, and faults the MTA for "failing to explain ‘specifically’ […]

Bronx Transit Riders to Rally Today at Diaz Sr.’s Office

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2009 | 11 Comments

Communities United for Transportation Equity (COMMUTE) will hold a rally today at the office of Ruben Diaz, Sr., one of a handful of state senators whose opposition to bridge tolls threatens to sink the MTA rescue plan. Says COMMUTE: Dozens of South Bronx residents and constituents of State Senator Rubén Díaz will rally outside his […]

Support the MTA Rescue: Be Your Own Lobbyist

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

As debate on the MTA rescue plan is reduced to stall tactics and race-baiting, the Campaign for New York’s Future is organizing a Lobby Day citizen bus trip to Albany, set for next Wednesday, March 18. With several State Senators saying they will refuse to pass a funding plan that includes bridge tolls, your voice […]

Beyond Ravitch: Still Time for a Bolder Plan

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2009 | 25 Comments

As Albany lawmakers ponder which of a half-dozen Ravitch plan variations they might support, the possibility looms that no solution may come in time. New Yorkers could see their fares rise 25 percent while service is cut back — a twin catastrophe in this tough economic time. Yet no big new ideas are being advanced […]

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