Sentences with phrase «city traffic commissioner»

At issue in their latest fight is Move NY, a plan engineered by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz that entails placing tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan to raise money for mass transit.

«This is a smart, comprehensive plan to address the challenges in New York, while taking into account the interests and needs of all New Yorkers,» Sam Schwartz, CEO of Sam Schwartz Engineering, a congestion pricing advocate and a former city traffic commissioner, said.

There's that new congestion pricing plan authored and promoted by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, which for now appears all but dead.

Sam Schwartz, a former city traffic commissioner who served on the state task force, said that these recommendations could make a real impact in addressing New York City's transit and traffic morass.

I've been monitoring traffic congestion for nearly a half century and it's the worst it's ever been,» said «Gridlock» Sam Schwartz, a member of the governor's Fix NYC panel and former city traffic commissioner, who described the effects of the congestion as «devastating» during a briefing with reporters on the plan on Friday.

The Move NY plan, proposed by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz, would place tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan in order to raise money for mass transit repairs and infrastructure.

Not exact matches

There are no statistics to show whether texting played a role in any of the fatalities, but «when you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back - to - back largest, that tells me there was a game changer,» said Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation who worked on the report.

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