Sentences with phrase «for congestion pricing»

The technology will provide real - time information for congestion pricing in the managed lanes to maintain 50 mph travel.

He's pushed for congestion pricing as an alternative way to raise money for the MTA.

Once the MTA has that revenue source directly it can build the infrastructure for congestion pricing.

But increasing traffic, slowing bus speeds and increasing greenhouse gas emissions are precisely why advocates for congestion pricing believe it's necessary.

While the subway crisis has created the latest opening for congestion pricing, it is largely thanks to three longtime advocates that it even remained a possibility.

A traffic expert writes a book arguing for congestion pricing — the more commuter - friendly version of our current gas - price woes.

This time around, the meltdown of the city's subway system, which was not an issue the last time, seemed to provide a stronger argument for congestion pricing.

While the subway crisis has created the latest opening for congestion pricing, it is largely thanks to three longtime advocates that it even remained a possibility.

Support for a congestion pricing plan in New York City is not a given for Republicans in the state Senate, Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters Wednesday after Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivered his annual State of the State address.

But Flanagan, a Republican from Suffolk County, did not take a stance on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stated support for a congestion pricing plan for New York City.

Cuomo said a proposal for a congestion pricing plan that would charge tolls to drive into a specific zone of Manhattan will be released later in the week by a Fix NYC panel he created.

Why would Senate Republicans, already irked about a future plan for Democratic unity that leaves them on the sidelines, vote for congestion pricing in Manhattan when they represent the very suburbanites who will be paying those fees?

The governor has in recent months said he will revive a call for congestion pricing in New York City that would provide extra revenue for the transit system.

And during an interview Friday on WNYC radio, Mr. Cuomo again reiterated the need for congestion pricing, saying «I'm pushing that very hard.»

Gov. Paterson, who announced his support for congestion pricing on Friday, has submitted a congestion pricing bill to the State Legislature.

As for a congestion pricing plan, Austin Finan, a spokesman for the mayor, said in an email that «we'll review any serious and viable plan the governor puts forward.»

Getting Republicans in the narrowly divided state Senate on board for congestion pricing is just one piece to the puzzle.

At least he's not jumping in on Cuomo's dumb idea for congestion pricing.

Lawmakers in the Assembly are yet to embrace either Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a congestion pricing system that would create tolls at areas in Manhattan in order to relieve traffic and generate revenue for the subway.

Advocates who have been calling in vain for a congestion pricing scheme for more than a decade on Friday greeted the report's release with hope.

Cuomo had long been expected to release details about his vision for congestion pricing in New York City during his State of the State address as a project that would fund the MTA while also reducing traffic.

«I have no doubt, and I think all the informed professionals will say, Manhattan is perfectly suited for a congestion pricing model.»

He may announce some plan for congestion pricing when he unveils the state budget next week.

Albany lawmakers can this month approve infrastructure funding for congestion pricing in Manhattan.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a major deadline this week for his congestion pricing proposal.

Hopes for a congestion pricing plan, which has long been floated as a possible source of long - term funding for the sputtering subway system, were largely dashed.

We should learn what if any version he favors for congestion pricing to ease Manhattan traffic and bring a revenue stream to the failing downstate public transportation systems, how he plans to close the budget deficit, and the likely winners and losers in terms of state funding.

Protesters rallied outside the office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last week demanding that the governor push more aggressively for a congestion pricing plan that is being debated in Albany.

And he labeled de Blasio's predecessor, Mike Bloomberg, a «visionary» for having fought as mayor for congestion pricing even though he couldn't get it through the state Legislature.

«There's probably more political support [for congestion pricing] among the people now than there was 10 years ago,» said Jim Brennan, who represented Park Slope in the state Assembly and focused on M.T.A. funding.

A broader proposal for congestion pricing with tolls at points around Manhattan has been more difficult to gain a consensus on in the Legislature.

While Cuomo differentiated between the two proposals, he indicated a half - way plan could be in the works for congestion pricing.

In announcing his support last summer for congestion pricing, Mr. Cuomo said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the region's umbrella transit agency, needs a new, reliable source of funds.

Environmental and transit advocates who have long pushed for congestion pricing only to see officials reject one plan after another say they're hoping Cuomo can convince lawmakers to reconsider their long - standing opposition, which also doomed a high - profile proposal from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg several years ago.

That leaves Heastie, the third man in the room, as the most likely — or maybe only — possible champion for congestion pricing.

«There wasn't a strong appetite for congestion pricing,» said Assemblyman David I. Weprin, a Queens Democrat who attended the meeting.

But Mr. Schaller's hefty fees have been criticized by drivers and passengers who say they are being unfairly targeted, and from transportation experts — including supporters of congestion pricing — who view them as unrealistic and an unhelpful distraction as they lobby for a congestion pricing plan in Albany.

To gain support in Albany for a congestion pricing plan, supporters will have to win over lawmakers who represent the boroughs outside Manhattan and the suburbs.

Governor Cuomo's «Fix NYC» commission produced a framework for a congestion pricing plan, released just after the governor's Executive Budget for the 2018 - 19 Fiscal Year, which begins April 1.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who had not shown any enthusiasm for congestion pricing, has embraced the idea of late as a way to raise billions of dollars for the city's ailing subway system.

The potential for losing greater than $ 300 million in federal aid for congestion pricing and other ongoing income, and not addressing climate change in a city that can make a real local and global difference — as the center of the world's third largest economy — is definitely an emergency.

Wireless infrastructure investments for congestion pricing, open - road tolling, and road pricing should be:

In a short period we've seen the mayor announcing BRT in the Bronx, Safe Streets for Seniors citywide and pushing hard for congestion pricing!

Arguably Sydney already has it (an e-tag is not exactly compulsory, but so universal it might as well be, and used for toll roads; there would be savings in a smarter tag that could also be used for congestion pricing).

Meanwhile, a campaign for congestion pricing in New York City — fees charged to vehicles driven into and within gridlocked city centers — was gathering steam amid meltdowns in the city's mass transit system, worsening traffic gridlock, and a void of political leadership.

Back in early July, Mayor Bloomberg threatened to bank roll any opponent in the coming election's against several of the Councilmen who did not vote for his Congestion Pricing Plan.

While Cuomo has called for a congestion pricing plan that would create a system of tolls during peak hours, de Blasio has preferred a catch - all tax increase on the rich to pay for it.

A decade ago, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg pushed for congestion pricing in New York City, but was blocked in Albany.

In regards to tolling, Albanese supports the MoveNY plan, which advocates for congestion pricing.