Sentences with phrase «on a congestion pricing system»
But, with elections for state offices taking place this year, many leaders in Albany remain reluctant to sign off on a congestion pricing system.
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A more sophisticated system might even vary the price of highway driving, depending on congestion.
The fee would be passed on to customers and will work as part of Cuomo's congestion pricing plan that aims to both reduce traffic and raise money to fix the city's ailing subway system.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the state has the ability to place tolling systems anywhere in the city and as part of his congestion pricing plan, it could very well happen, reports the NY Post.
«We talk about the MTA needing money and we talk about the fact that you have to upgrade the subways — which I don't think anyone would doubt,» Katz said, «but the past [congestion pricing] proposals that have been given to us don't have any directed stream to the MTA for particular upgrades on the system.»
Cuomo is seemingly on board with the idea; so is Andy Byford, the new president of New York City Transit, who recently told City and State that if congestion pricing can «help expedite the pace of improvements and make the system work better» then «I'm all for it.»
As decades of mismanagement continue to wreak havoc on the city's transportation infrastructure, congestion pricing has once again been touted as a viable solution, both for the crumbling subway system and for the gridlock that clogs the city on a daily basis.
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.
On Friday even some past critics of congestion pricing said the ideas hold promise for addressing gridlock while raising funds for the city's beleaguered subway system.
ALBANY — The Republican leader of the state Senate gave an icy response to the notion of imposing «congestion pricing» on New York City commuters as a way to ease gridlock and drum up money for the subway system.
The NY Daily News urges de Blasio to get on board with Cuomo's call for congestion pricing to provide a revenue stream for the NYC transit system, saying it's that or a fare hike, because the mayor's idea of taxing the rich is a non-starter in Albany.
The Republican leader of the state Senate, John Flanagan, gave an icy response to the notion of imposing «congestion pricing» on New York City commuters as a way to ease gridlock and drum up money for the subway system.
During the speech, she also expressed openness to a congestion pricing proposal that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is currently working on to address the problems plaguing the city's subway system.
There is indeed a $ 4.4 billion deficit looming, and a tough election - year needle to thread on pushing for a system of congestion pricing to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
De Blasio has voiced concerns about assuring that money raised in the city through congestion pricing gets spent on the city's transportation system.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is renewing pressure on New York City to fund its half of the short - term plan to fix the city's subway system and has included his long - anticipated congestion pricing proposal in the latest state budget.
Like President Obama's transportation proposal, this bill would relieve congestion on our roads, expand our transit and rails systems, and provide Americans with safe, affordable ways to reach their destinations when gas prices are high.
A dynamic real - time congestion pricing could be implemented covering all city streets, eliminating undesirable edge effects created by a cordon, charging based on actual congestion, increasing public perception of system fairness (charges based on real congestion, not arbitrary geography)
The London congestion pricing example is often cited, but even more effective is the Singapore system because it is smarter: variable pricing for different times of day and levels of demand, monitored carefully, based on a mandatory tracking device in every vehicle.
Milan's system, called Ecopass, is a variation on the congestion pricing used in Stockholm, where vehicles are charged different prices depending on the time of day they enter the city.