Sentences with phrase «congestion pricing plan pushed»
Uber ripped a modified congestion pricing plan pushed by Assembly Democrats that would treat for - hire car services differently than cabs.
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Assembly Democrats unveiled a one - house budget plan that pushes a modified congestion pricing plan to send needed funds to the MTA.
Cuomo's congestion pricing plan will likely be unveiled in January this year, but a group that has been pushing for congestion pricing for some time now, Move NY, has its own plan, which just might give us a sense of what Cuomo's plan will look like.
A coalition that includes Uber is set to kick off a campaign today to push state leaders to enact a congestion pricing plan as part of the state budget due by the end of the month.
Speaking of MTA funding, Riders Alliance transit activists are leading a rally and lobby day in Albany Monday to push Governor Cuomo and legislators to pass a congestion pricing plan and fund the MTA.
«For decades, advocates have been pushing our elected leaders to put forth a serious congestion pricing plan to tackle the region's twin challenges of traffic and transit underinvestment,» added Alex Matthiessen, the director of the Move NY Campaign.
De Blasio undercut Cuomo's push for a congestion - pricing plan, saying it'll never get through the state Legislature.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday launched a new advisory panel that's charged with developing proposals to alleviate congestion on New York City's roads and highways amid his stated push for a congestion pricing plan next year.
Mr. de Blasio has been steadfast in his opposition to congestion pricing, saying it would burden low - income New Yorkers, and has instead pushed a plan to raise taxes on wealthy residents.
On a recent conference call with a congestion - pricing supporters, Mr. Cuomo reassured them that he was not backing down and would push for a plan that included a congestion zone, according to people familiar with the discussion who did not want to be identified discussing a private conversation.
ALBANY — Assembly Democrats unveiled a budget proposal Monday that pushes a modified congestion pricing plan to send needed funds to the cash - strapped MTA.
Mayor de Blasio undercut Gov. Cuomo's push for a congestion - pricing plan Monday, saying it'll never get through the state Legislature.
He responded by suggesting a congestion pricing plan for commuters driving in Manhattan, a plan that Mayor Bloomberg unsuccessfully pushed for a decade ago.
Pushing through such a plan would no doubt be hard — as former mayor Michael Bloomberg discovered when his own congestion pricing proposal, despite broad support from civic groups, crashed and burned in Albany in 2008.
Cuomo said the next step — which he won't push until year — will be to fight for the purchase of the equipment that would allow for a full - fledged congestion pricing plan.
In his super-juicy Bronx politics column this week, Bob Kapstatter says Mayor Bloomberg is pushing his Congestion Pricing plan in the borough by dangling transit incentives in exchange for support.
The makeover of Broadway is part of Mayor Bloomberg's plan to reduce emissions and traffic in the city, and is a sign that although he failed to introduce congestion pricing in the city, Mr. Bloomberg «intends to push ahead with smaller - scale initiatives to wrest at least part of the street from cars and trucks.»