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Cap'n Transit

@capntransit

Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over 15 years. @[email protected]. [email protected]

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big_pedestrian (@big_pedestrian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

They will not interview the kids walking to school who are now less likely to get hit in a crosswalk or get asthma, or the mom who no longer has to haul her baby’s stroller up the stairs because the train elevator finally works or the 90% of people who do not drive to the zone.

Regional Plan (@regionalplan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

86% of ALL trips in and out of Manhattan's CBD are via transit. Everyone benefits from #CongestionPricing — especially transit riders. We're so close to having this program become a reality. rpa.org/news/lab/remin…

julie tighe (@julietighe17) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great news for everyone who hates the terrible traffic in NYC and wants to see investments to improve our subways, buses and trains!

Jon Orcutt (@jonorcutt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The very welcome & frequently missing official statement that fewer cars = a better city. Not hearing that from Hochul or Adams

Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams (@nycpa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congestion Pricing is in effect today. As of January 5, 2025, vehicles entering the Congestion Relief Zone in Manhattan—local streets and avenues at or below 60 Street—will be charged a toll. More via MTA, incl. information on discounts and exemptions: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

Congestion Pricing is in effect today.

As of January 5, 2025, vehicles entering the Congestion Relief Zone in Manhattan—local streets and avenues at or below 60 Street—will be charged a toll.

More via <a href="/MTA/">MTA</a>, incl. information on discounts and exemptions: congestionreliefzone.mta.info
Steve Kastenbaum (@skastenbaum) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A 🧵: Hey friends/colleagues in NYC journalism - If you only interview drivers about congestion pricing, & not the NYers who have no choice but to take subways & buses to work everyday, are you really doing a good job reporting on the full scope of this new policy? On the Media

Ken Coughlin (@kencoughlin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast Your questions on congestion pricing frame the issue as one that only affects drivers. Only a relative handful of commuters to the CBD will pay the toll, while millions of transit riders will benefit, not to mention New Yorkers who walk, cycle and breathe.

Trans-Bridge Lines (@transbridgebus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why pay congestion pricing? Ride with Trans-Bridge Lines! ☑️ We offer several buses during peak commuter times ☑️ Departures from: Lehigh Valley, Bucks County, PA, & Hunterdon & Somerset Counties in NJ. ☑️ Service to New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, Wall Street &

Why pay congestion pricing?
Ride with Trans-Bridge Lines!

☑️ We offer several buses during peak commuter times
☑️ Departures from: Lehigh Valley, Bucks County, PA, &amp; Hunterdon &amp; Somerset Counties in NJ.
☑️ Service to New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, Wall Street &amp;
Michael Ostrovsky (@mostrovs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Key difference is that Routes 1-5 are within the congestion zone, while the bridge/tunnel routes just enter it. Why does it matter? It matters because of taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHVs - Uber and Lyft). These vehicles, by their nature, enter the area and take many trips there.

Cap'n Transit (@capntransit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NYC Transit needs to be better at adapting bus schedules. It took them months to adjust the M14 schedules to account for faster travel after they instituted the 14th Street Busway. We can't really afford to take months to adjust bus schedules to account for congestion pricing.

oomf magazine (@oomfmagazine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It only took 3 days for New York to warm up to the benefits of congestion pricing after years of being propagandized by the dumbest and/or most self-serving political influencers in the state… we need to find ways to be louder than them if we wanna get things done quicker

Danny Pearlstein (@dannyintransit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"A major goal of our climate policy has to be getting people out of cars and on public transit, onto buses, onto bikes, onto trips on foot,” said Transportation Alternatives's Alexa Sledge Less carbon-intensive modes of transit are “always going to be substantially more environmentally friendly”

Maddie Labadie (@madlabz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The reduction in noise pollution is such a welcome outcome. I never realized how much agitation I got from just being outside in a traffic mess.

Cap'n Transit (@capntransit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Based on population, Rockland County contributes precisely its fair share to the the MTA Capital Plan - a little more than 2%. This includes interest on the debt. David Lombardo please call out Rockland politicians who falsely claim there's a "huge deficit"! capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/03/about-…

Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Among those who've started commuting by subway as a result of congestion pricing: the Midtown diner owner who nearly convinced Kathy Hochul to kill the toll entirely. It takes him about 25 min from Astoria. apnews.com/article/mta-co…

Among those who've started commuting by subway as a result of congestion pricing: the Midtown diner owner who nearly convinced Kathy Hochul to kill the toll entirely. It takes him about 25 min from Astoria. apnews.com/article/mta-co…
PCAC to the MTA (🦋@pcac.org) (@pcacriders) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Congestion pricing exemptions for municipal workers or other groups come at a high cost, and they'd mean everyone else pays more. Read more in our recent report with Regional Plan: pcac.org/report/municip…