Twentieth of a Series: Congestion Pricing Here, Controversy Remains

On Sunday morning, Dec. 6, WNYC transportation reporter Stephen Nessen reported on a group of motorists who were poised at a toll collection point at midnight as Saturday turned into Sunday, eagerly

Nineteenth in a Series: Tolls Will Start Jan. 5 (Updated Jan. 4, 8:30 PM EST)

As reported in Part 18 of this series, it appeared that the TBTA (Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority) would start collecting congestion pricing tolls on Jan. 5 and sending the revenue to

Eighteenth of a Series: A Jan. 5 Startup as Two Federal Judges Deny Injunction Requests

Congestion Pricing, the controversial plan to charge tolls for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, came a step closer to implementation when two federal judges from the Southern District of New

Seventeenth of a Series: Hochul and the MTA Try Again

After “pausing” the implementation of a proposed Congestion Toll for vehicles entering the zone south of 60th Street in Manhattan on June 5, Gov. Kathy Hochul has again recommended that the toll

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Sixteenth of a Series: Different ‘Fiscal Cliff’ for New York?

This past summer, we reported in depth about the “fiscal cliff” that now confronts essentially the entire transit industry in the United States, due to the one-shot nature of COVID-19 relief funds

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Fifteenth of a Series: Opponents Raise New Issues in N.J. Court Case

Throughout the spring, we reported on the slow but steady progress of the proposal to charge tolls for most vehicles entering the Central Business District of Manhattan, defined as the part of

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Fourteenth of a Series: Toll Supporters Keep Fighting

Last June, when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a “pause” on the proposed congestion toll for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, it appeared that the court cases filed by

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Thirteenth of a Series: New York Judge Says ‘OK’ After Hochul’s ‘Pause’

Until the middle of June, we had covered the controversy over the proposed congestion toll for vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street in detail. Officials in both New York and New

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Third of A Series: New York MTA OK—For Now

Times look bleak for many transit providers at this writing. Reports both for the trade and in popular media have spread the word that transit is in trouble. The federal operating support

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Eleventh of a Series: MTA Sets Start Date, Against Pushback

We are still waiting for Judge Leo M. Gordon to decide the case filed by the State of New Jersey and other plaintiffs who oppose the Congestion Pricing proposal, which would impose

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