Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridge Tolls

Road Pricing Still the Big Missing Piece in MTA Funding Puzzle

By Ben Fried | Dec 6, 2010 | 10 Comments

It’s been 20 months since the state legislature passed an MTA funding package with a conspicuous missing piece. In early 2009, the transit agency was reeling from the recession, and straphangers were about to get walloped by deep service cuts and a 23 percent fare hike. Albany responded by enacting just a partial fix: a […]

Nadler Revives Fight Against Trucker Giveaway on Verrazano

By Noah Kazis | Oct 15, 2010 | 21 Comments

The one-way tolls on the Verrazano Bridge have been a major cause of truck traffic in New York City since they were instituted in 1986. Though numerous efforts to restore two-way tolls have failed over the last two and a half decades, technological progress may finally bring victory within reach. Congressman Jerry Nadler thinks that […]

Without Espada or Challenger Rivera, District 33 Debates Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Sep 3, 2010 | 2 Comments

Last night’s 33rd Senate District transportation debate pitted two candidates against each other who are unlikely to ever appear on the same ballot: Democrat Daniel Padernacht and Green John Reynolds. Padernacht is running a distant third place in polling for the September 14 primary, after incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. and challenger Gustavo Rivera. Neither Espada […]

There’s No Such Thing as a Free Bridge

By Ben Fried | Aug 9, 2010 | 18 Comments

Photo of the Willis Avenue Bridge floating by barge under the Triborough’s Harlem River span: MTA The journey of the new Willis Avenue Bridge has been a sight to behold. Over the past few weeks, the gargantuan span that will replace the existing bridge linking Harlem and the South Bronx has floated down the Hudson […]

Bridge Tolls Not Very Popular, Says Progressive Caucus Survey

By Noah Kazis | Jun 23, 2010 | 10 Comments

Of all the revenue options offered by the Progressive Caucus, bridge tolls were the second-least popular. Click here for larger image. Graphic: Progressive Caucus. The results are in from the City Council Progressive Caucus budget survey, and when it comes to road pricing, they’re telling, if unscientific. Road pricing remains unpopular across a broad swath […]

In Race to Succeed Schneiderman, Support for Transit, Skepticism on Tolls

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2010 | No Comments

Senate District 31 contenders Miosotis Muñoz, Mark Levine, Anna Lewis, and Adriano Espaillat One would be hard pressed to find a more broadly drawn constituency in the city than that of state Senate District 31, which spans from the Upper West Side to Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood before hopping the Harlem River into Riverdale. […]

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