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Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an MTA board meeting inside Grand Central Madison about her fight to project congestion pricing.

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Feb. 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 3:46 p.m.

The governor showed up at a Manhattan MTA board meeting to talk tough and promise that New York will fight a federal shutdown of the tolling plan with “orderly resistance.”

The Bronx

New Fridge Units Planned for Hunts Point as Congestion Pricing’s Clean Air Efforts Kick In

Jan. 23, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 22, 2025, 5:27 p.m.

These are the first of the MTA promised pollution mitigation measures to make up for additional traffic neighborhoods outside of the Central Business District.

A old black and white photo is mounted slightly off kilter to benefit the viewer. There are five men and one woman in the foreground seen from the back, poised to cross the street. A trolly care with "third ave railway" written across the side. Two men in uniform stand in the street, on next to the trolly car and the other in the intersection. A old school motor vehicle is beside the rail car with a large crowd facing the viewer on the opposite corner under a store front that reads "Aschulte" Cigars.

FAQ NYC

LISTEN: Scenes from NYC’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from Cars

Dec. 28, 2024, 1:35 p.m.Dec. 28, 2024, 1:35 p.m.

Nicole Gelinas, the author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car, explains why she opens her epic with the mayors who fought against the street-car system that once transported New Yorkers a billion times a year. From there, Gelinas talks with editors Ben Max of New York […]

A baker frosts the six-foot birthday cake honoring the 200th anniversary of Fifth Avenue.

Streets

At Its 200th ‘Birthday,’ Fifth Avenue Looks to The Future With Plans for Revamp

Dec. 9, 2024, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 8, 2024, 6:16 p.m.

The milestone was celebrated with car-free streets, food trucks, and a $150 million funding announcement from the mayor.

Traffics heads up First Avenue toward a future congestion pricing toll reader, Nov. 14, 2024.

How to New York

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

Nov. 15, 2024, 5:32 p.m.Jan. 3, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has revived the controversial and complicated Manhattan tolling plan after she put it on “pause” in June — but with new details.

Congestion pricing toll readers were ready for use at Columbus Circle.

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Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Nov. 13, 2024, 7:05 p.m.Nov. 13, 2024, 9:23 p.m.

Multiple sources say MTA board will be briefed this week on the governor’s plans to revive the vehicle tolling scheme and bring the base per-day rate down from $15.

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Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

Nov. 6, 2024, 11:32 a.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 7:26 p.m.

The once and future president months ago said that he would kill the vehicle tolling program, but if Gov. Kathy Hochul acts quickly, there may be hope.

A cabbie drives under a congestion pricing toll placed at 60th Street and 11th Avenue before the plan was put on indefinite hold.

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Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Sept. 26, 2024, 2:51 p.m.Sept. 27, 2024, 5:42 a.m.

A pair of cases that seek to revive the vehicle tolling program will rev up in Manhattan Supreme Court.

There was a bike lane on Kingston Avenue north of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.

Streets

Bike Lanes and Safety Changes Proposed for School-Filled Blocks in Brooklyn

Aug. 8, 2024, 12:10 p.m.Aug. 9, 2024, 11:53 a.m.

A proposal to revamp streets in an area where drivers fly and no protected bike lanes exist is pitting longtime locals against cyclists and city transit planners.

Morning commuters deal with delays on the R line in Brooklyn.

Transit

Red Signals Ahead for First MTA Board Meeting Since Hochul Derailed Toll Plan

June 24, 2024, 5:00 a.m.June 21, 2024, 4:29 p.m.

The 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’t fall off.”

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Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

New Fridge Units Planned for Hunts Point as Congestion Pricing’s Clean Air Efforts Kick In

LISTEN: Scenes from NYC’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from Cars

At Its 200th ‘Birthday,’ Fifth Avenue Looks to The Future With Plans for Revamp

Your Questions About the New Congestion Pricing Plan Answered

Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9

Congestion Pricing Proponents Warn ‘Now or Never’ After Trump Win

Lawsuits to Jump-Start Congestion Pricing Begin Court Arguments Friday

Bike Lanes and Safety Changes Proposed for School-Filled Blocks in Brooklyn

Red Signals Ahead for First MTA Board Meeting Since Hochul Derailed Toll Plan

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