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New column: 'Do Subway Elevators Really Need to Cost $100 Million Per Station?' -- curbed.com/article/subway…

We just passed the first hurdle towards getting Governor Hochul to follow the law and implement congestion pricing. There is a long way to go, but this is a good and necessary first start.

My column: The congestion pricing fiasco is an opportunity to put a price tag on the cynicism in politics, the same cynicism that lets Albany pols get away with treating the MTA like a jobs program while complaining about 'waste' and demanding 'audits' -- vitalcitynyc.org/articles/why-a…

After blowing a $15B hole in the MTA’s budget by pausing congestion, Kathy Hochul now suggests she may not cover the remaining $33B needed for the MTA’s 2025-29 capital plan. This is inexcusable and ETA urges her to stop cutting money from transit. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/09/30/der…

It might be tempting to sacrifice the lifting of parking mandates in order to get City of Yes passed. But it doesn’t work like that. Parking is not adjacent to producing more housing; lifting mandates is the lever by which CoY proposals work as intended. nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/10/02/op-…

NEW COLUMN: The much-needed and unfunded Portal South Bridge provides a stark example of Amtrak's insanely warped planning priorities. We need a cost-effective plan to double the railroad service in NJ. Amtrak's Penn South obsession is getting in the way —curbed.com/article/south-…

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This is an awesome idea. I hope we see more of this.

.amNewYork™ gets action! MTA officials say they plan to dig a tunnel under a cemetery in Queens for the IBX project instead of having the light rail run on the street in Middle Village. Story TK

Ben Brachfeld amNewYork™ nice, now that it'll have no more street crossings, let's make those vehicles automated light metro trains now. hey, it's got light in the name, that makes it light rail in my book ;)

Glad to see the MTA listening to our feedback on this. Not building this tunnel would have been a massive mistake.

AMAZING NEWS!!! As we have long argued, this tunnel will have a HUGE impact on the speed and reliability of the IBX. Well done, MTA!!

The importance of having the IBX be entirely grade-separated cannot be overstated. ETA has long stressed the importance of building this important piece of infrastructure the right way, and we're ecstatic that the MTA made the right choice. etany.org/ibx-all-faiths…

The challenges ahead for transit—and other things—in greater New York are enormous. One thing we have the power to do today, however, is to start Congestion Pricing before it is too late. It will keep vital funding flowing to the MTA while improving our transit and our streets.

Do you support QueensLink? Testify this Mon., 11/18, in favor of City Council Res. 59, which calls on the MTA to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement. This is crucial in fighting for a project Queens needs, and every voice makes a difference. council.nyc.gov/testify/

.Port Authority of NY & NJ - Honestly, it has got to be quicker to just expand PATH Train to the terminals at EWR than whatever this $3.5B nonsense is. northjersey.com/story/news/tra…