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Updates from the fight to bring congestion pricing to the streets of New York City. congestionpricingnow.nyc

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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Truly horrible. When Kathy Hochul deigns to listen to anyone, it is to people like this killer, people who live in the suburbs and insist on driving their oversized vehicle into the densest place in America. #CongestionPricingNow
gothamist.com
NYPD: 4th person dead after drunk driver rammed into LES park on July 4th
Emily Ruiz lived at a public housing complex across the street.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
Sure would be a shame if the governor's inbox was flooded with questions about #CongestionPricing.
forms.ny.gov
Questions for the Governor
Questions for the Governor.
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 11/07/2024
Maybe today is #CongestionPricing Lawsuit day
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 09/07/2024
We were proud to join Riders Alliance today to build a #FastBusAve! Flatbush Avenue bus riders deserve better than 4 mph buses. We need safe streets, efficient buses, and reliable ways to get around New York City.
Shawn Garcia speaks at a press conferencePeople hold a big sign that reads "Flatbush Deserves Better Buses"
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 08/07/2024
#CongestionKathy are we winning yet?
nyc.streetsblog.org
Midtown Traffic Slower Than Ever After Hochul's Congestion Pricing Betrayal - Streetsblog New York City
Traffic moved 6.8 mph in Manhattan's Central Business District and 4.6 mph in Midtown last month — the slowest June on record.
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parker higgins @xor.blue · 05/07/2024
you have to wonder whether this would've been one of the cars congestion pricing took off the road gothamist.com/news/nypd-3-...
gothamist.com
NYPD: NJ man charged with drunk driving after 3 killed in July 4th LES crash
Responding officers say they smelled alcohol on the driver
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
Kathy Hochul doesn't care.
gothamist.com
NYPD: NJ man charged with drunk driving after 3 killed in July 4th LES crash
Responding officers say they smelled alcohol on the driver
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 03/07/2024
New worry just dropped. #Project2025
americanprogress.org
Project 2025 Would Increase Costs for Commuters, Defund Transit Maintenance, and Undermine Economic Growth
How a radical plan to eliminate federal transit funding could devastate local transit systems, hurt families, and undermine economic growth.
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Stephen Braitsch @braitsch.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
I made a live crash tracker to support congestion pricing in NYC! Will any of my 19 followers see it here? Who knows! transpomaps.org/projects/nyc...
transpomaps.org
NYC Congestion Zone Live Crash Tracker
Since January 1st, 2024 1,320 people have been injured by motor vehicles and 8 have been killed.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
My colleagues counted cars to see how much congestion pricing might've made this morning (about $200,000) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Torr (I moved to Threads) @torrleonard.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
“We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning - We then came up with a ballpark figure for how much the city might have generated in an hour at those toll points. The total? About $200k in tolls for that hour.” Gift-link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
We Counted 22,252 Cars to See How Much Congestion Pricing Might Have Made This Morning
A year’s worth of tolls is hard to picture. But what about an hour’s worth?
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🚲 @bicycle.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
a phased ramp-up of the congestion fee, to an eventual $15, with alternative funding sources to make up the deficit in the meantime, would be acceptable. implementable compromise is favorable to a drawn out court battle that stretches into a second Trump term where the pending program dies forever.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 01/07/2024
Kathy Hochul contains multitudes. A few weeks ago, she decided that what New York City needed more of was cars. Now that the nice folks at @transalt.org were kind enough to bring a whole bunch of them to her office, she has changed her tune and refused to accept them. What gives Kathy???
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 30/06/2024
On the day that congestion pricing should've started, there's a flash flood warning in Manhattan(from a rainstorm that was undoubtedly worsened by climate change) and the arsonist herself Kathy Hochul was marching around NYC in an MTA pride t-shirt. I'm sooo tired and it isn't even Monday yet.
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Matt Crespi @mattcrespi.bsky.social · 30/06/2024
NYC congestion pricing was supposed to go into effect today. Let's see what Governor Kathy Hochul -- who intervened to prevent the policy leaving a multi-billion dollar hole in the MTA's budget and canceling service improvements and needed station upgrades -- is up to. Oh. Oh no.
Screen grab from a video on the governor's own Twitter account showing her smiling and wearing an MTA Pride T-shirt (rainbow heart design with the MTA logo inside) at a Pride event. The text of the tweet is "Happy Pride, New York!" followed by a rainbow flag and the trans flag.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 30/06/2024
The toll so far from Kathy Hochul's #CongestionPricing reversal summed up in a single graphic, courtesy of @streetsblognyc.bsky.social. More cars on the road, more pollution in the air, more lives lost to traffic violence, more wasted time, less revenue. A dark day for NYC and the world.
nyc.streetsblog.org
All We've Lost: Congestion Pricing Should Have Started Today - Streetsblog New York City
Let's take stock of what we've lost because the MTA's central business district cameras are not tolling drivers.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
Pissed off about #CongestionPricing? Have some new shoes that you still need to wear in? Want some new content for the 'gram? Whatever the reason, join us tomorrow at 3pm for a march from Columbus Circle to Times Square!!!
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
Telling that Gov. Kathy Hochul's first public event in New York City since her disastrous #CongestionPrice pause is at the grand opening of the Stonewall National Monument, where she will be free from any disruptions courtesy of the Secret Service.
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 28/06/2024
Central Park went car-free six years ago yesterday. People said it would never happen. People said it would never be a success. Now, it's impossible to imagine Central Park any other way. (Congestion pricing would follow a similar course, FYI)
ny.curbed.com
At last, Central Park is permanently car-free
New York City’s most popular park is now closed to vehicular traffic, except on a few crosstown thoroughfares.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
Haven't made your daily calls yet? Here's everything that #CongestionKathy has taken from us. Get mad and get on the phone!
gothamist.com
All the NYC transit upgrades that won't happen under congestion pricing freeze
MTA board members described details of the new plans as “a financial disaster” and “dire.”
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Effective Transit Alliance @etany.org · 27/06/2024
Yesterday, the MTA Board made clear the repercussions of pausing congestion pricing. By creating a $15B hole in the agency's capital budget, the "pause" will cause a host of projects to be immediately paused. First, foremost, and by far the worst are ADA accessibility projects:
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 27/06/2024
When Governor Hochul “paused” congestion pricing, she doomed New Yorkers to a city overrun by cars. Now, we're asking you to chip in $5 (or more) to help us deliver thousands of toy cars to her — with the news cameras watching. ➡️ act.transalt.org/a/cars-for-k...
"We are going to give Governor Hochul exactly what she wants: More cars" in a sea of cutout toys
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
It's the day after the MTA board meeting and our next steps are clear. 1. Call call call. Call the governor. Call your federal reps. Call your state reps. Call your council member. 2. Come on out to a rally, make some noise and meet likeminded people! Don't let #CongestionKathy get away with this!
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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 21/06/2024
again, only congestion pricing can fund much-needed signal upgrades, elevators, and subway extensions AND reduce crashes, improve air quality, and lead to less traffic. we need congestion pricing. tell the governor: (518) 474-8390
cnbc.com
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on congestion pricing: $15 is too much for New Yorkers right now
New York Governor Kathy Hochul joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the signing of two bills aimed at protecting children and teens online, fate of congestion pricing in New York City, and more.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 27/06/2024
Angry and disappointed after today's MTA board meeting? I know I am! But it is important to not let our emotions get the best of us. It's old news that #CongestionPricing can't start without NYSDOT's signature. What was genuinely surprising today is how supportive the board is of congestion pricing.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 26/06/2024
Today's the day!!!
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
Mad about #CongestionPricing? Have a few hours free tomorrow? Come on down to MTA HQ! There will be coffee, donuts, and a short rally before the board meets. If you are feeling extra motivated, stay for the public comment period and tell the board directly how congestion pricing will affect you.
action.ridersalliance.org
Rally + Testify @ MTA Board Meeting! | Wednesday, June 26
google Google Calendar ical Apple Calendar outlook Outlook Calendar Rally + Testify @ MTA HQ! — Wednesday, June 26 Join us for a mass mobilization at MTA HQ on Wednesday, June 26, at 8am! Riders will ...
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
As #CongestionKathy searches for a solution to the #CongestionPricing debacle, it is vital to remember that $1 billion of tolls a year is NOT the same as $1 billion from any other source, since the MTA will actually be able to raise $15 billion in bonds backed by the congestion pricing program.
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Dad on the bike @measuredworks.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
"Krueger said she is only willing to consider proposals that achieve the same goals as congestion pricing: providing $15 billion to the MTA, reducing traffic in Manhattan, and reducing emissions." Congestion pricing is supposed to start on Sunday. The only thing in the way is our Gridlock Governor.
nysfocus.com
Hochul Waves Away Questions on Congestion Pricing Replacement
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
Glad that Albany's best minds are hard at work filling the hole left from Hochul's #CongestionPricing pause.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
Without #CongestionPricing the MTA board is forced to focus entirely on conserving what limited funds remain and to "make sure the wheels don't fall off". The fault for this rests entirely with #CongestionKathy and she could reverse it instantly if she chose. Very bleak.
thecity.nyc
Red Signals Ahead for First MTA Board Meeting Since Hochul Derailed Toll Plan
The panel of experts and advisors that ostensibly oversees the state transit agency was blindsided by the governor’s move to pause congestion pricing. They meet Wednesday to “make sure the wheels don’...
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 24/06/2024
In today's headlines, #CongestionKathy is asking for sympathy for Milburn Pennybags and jhis ilk. Plus other news: nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/06/24/m...
nyc.streetsblog.org
Monday's Headlines: Kathy's Kongestion Kover-Up Edition - Streetsblog New York City
It was yet another big weekend for congestion pricing news, and Gov. Hochul continued to look awful. Plus other news.
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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
There’s a group of kids on the corner selling lemonade. They yell “LEMONADE” at every passing vehicle, but the only people I have seen stop for a drink so far are on foot or bike. There is no shortage of free parking on the street. Maybe this is analogous to local business districts. 😉
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
Great look inside just how Hochul's congestion pricing reversal went down in Albany and both its immediate and long term effects on #Climate policy here in New York.
volts.wtf
New York's congestion pricing fiasco
New York City was on the cusp of (finally) implementing a congestion pricing program when Governor Kathy Hochul announced earlier this month that it would be “indefinitely delayed.” NY State Sen. Liz ...
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bettybarcode (she/her) @bettybarcode.com · 22/06/2024
#CongestionPricing
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
Cracking down on fare evasion as a funding mechanism for the MTA is deeply unserious. It betrays a superficial understanding how transit is funded and a lack of care for those who use it. Cops will always cost exponentially more than any fare evasion they stop. Hochul doesn't have a plan #HochulsMTA
hellgatenyc.com
The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 - Hell Gate
The massive increase coincided with just a two percent decrease in serious crime.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 22/06/2024
Like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
nysfocus.com
Does Anyone Have a Backup Plan to Fund the MTA?
We asked 26 lawmakers who support the congestion pricing pause how they propose to fund transit upgrades. Most shrugged.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
It's infuriating how much of #GridlockGovernor Kathy Hochul and other politicians' rhetoric with regards to congestion pricing revolves around working class and essential workers, people who already use public transit and whose lives would be improved by more and better public transit options.
amny.com
Congestion pricing: Harlem residents fume after Second Avenue Subway extension shelved following Hochul’s toll pause | amNewYork
Harlem locals are fuming after hearing the news that the Second Avenue Subway extension to the neighborhood had been halted weeks after Gov. Kathy Hochul put
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William Meehan @meehan.nyc · 21/06/2024
Call Hochul, but also call our leaders in Congress. Gillibrand is backing the governor, and Jeffries and Schumer are both glaringly silent. Hochul: 518-474-8390 Gillibrand: 202-224-4451 Schumer: 202-224-6542 Jeffries: 202-225-5936
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Congestion pricing now! Congestion pricing now! Congestion pricing now!
gothamist.com
Judge rejects legal challenges to congestion pricing, but Gov. Hochul's pause remains
The ruling represented a legal victory for the MTA, which is reeling from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt the tolls.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Another day, another meltdown on the Northeast Corridor. This is what years of underinvestment gets you. As the MTA implements Congestion Kathy's cruel cuts, this is the future that we have to look forward to on New York City's subways, and it's probably a lot closer than you think!
gothamist.com
Service suspensions at NY’s Penn Station snarl commutes yet again
The disruptions follow a meltdown that left commuters stranded at the transit hub just a day earlier.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
#Inspirational. There really is a brighter side to everything.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
Re: The Siena poll in this Politico piece. The article overemphasizes the 45% of respondents who agree with Hochul(ignoring the 55% majority that don't). Furthermore, it only goes downhill from here for her. 45% is the high watermark. This is #HochulsMTA now. We have entered the finding out phase.
politico.com
Siena poll: Voters like Hochul’s congestion pricing pause but dislike Hochul
The survey found 45 percent of voters support her suspension of the plan, compared to 23 percent against it.
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
New: A federal judge in New York has punted to Hell most of the congestion pricing suits brought against the FHWA and MTA
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
I'm sure that Representative Gottheimer is on top of this just like he was for #CongestionPricing.
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
Frustrated by Kathy Hochul's Congestion Pricing betrayal? Live in New York and want to make a difference? Make some calls and let your feelings be known! Hochul: 518-474-8390 Schumer: 202-224-6542 Gillibrand: 202-224-4451 Jeffries: 202-225-5936 And as always, #CongestionPricingNow!
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
A shameful legacy. #CongestionPricingNow!
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Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
MTA tells bond holders that $15 billion in projects now at risk in securities filings (i.e. the place you cannot lie) -- www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
NYC Congestion Pricing Pause Puts Over $15 Billion in MTA Projects at Risk
The decision to delay New York City’s congestion pricing plan risks leaving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority with a bigger budget hole than originally thought. The agency has warned bondholde...
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Congestion Pricing Now! @congestionpricing.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
From Day 1 of Gridlock Kathy's #CongestionPricing fiasco, it was crystal clear that there were no other funding sources lined up. Now that NY is about to forfeit billions of dollars in Federal infrastructure funding, it's infuriating that everyone is not treating this like the 5 alarm fire it is.
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