MTA touts success of first week of NYC congestion pricing plan — but do their numbers back up claims?
The MTA on Monday touted the first week of its controversial state-imposed congestion pricing plan in Midtown Manhattan, but critics say the agency's calculations are quite “fuzzy.” Transportation officials say “anecdotal reports” indicate that the new $9 per vehicle fee that began on Jan. 5 has made traffic in congested zones smoother and shortened commute […]
MTA boss Janno Lieber passes the buck on congestion pricing exemptions for FDNY
MTA Administrator Janno Lieber passed the buck to the FDNY for waiving congestion fees and told firefighters to take their frustrations over the new $9 toll to the city on Friday. During an appearance on WNYC's “The Brian Lehrer Show,” the chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority dismissed firefighters' warnings that he would […]
Mobility tax, other fees to prop up flailing MTA even after congestion toll
Sources say Gov. Cathy Hochul is considering a formidable business tax hike to shore up the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is struggling to fill a massive $33 billion budget hole, but the governor has not yet decided to do so. The plan is kept secret. Hochul's budget director acknowledges that fees and taxes are needed […]
MTA boss Janno Lieber brushes off subway crime as ‘in people’s heads’ as congestion pricing kicks in
MTA Chairman and CEO Jano Lieber said the congestion pricing system launched Monday will force more New Yorkers to take troubled public transit. In response, he dismissed subway crime as “all in people's heads.'' In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance Monday morning, Lieber sidestepped concerns about subway safety, telling listeners: ” “The overall statistics are […]
MTA holds cheery ceremony to unveil congestion pricing signs — hours before drivers are set to feel the pain
The MTA held a cheerful celebration to unveil new “de-congestion zone” signs in Manhattan, hours before drivers felt the pain of controversial toll roads in the Big Apple. . The agency's CEO, Janno Lieber, personally unveiled a sign at one of the entrances to the zone in Lower Manhattan showing the new $9 toll. A […]
Telltale sign MTA workers were cozying up in car on clock
Two conscientious employees of the city subway derailed on time, repeatedly relaxing in the train, leaving the windshield shades on in pitch darkness, and alerting authorities to their illegal activities. According to Monday's MTA Inspector General report, one MTA employee — Supervisor Romeo, whose job includes inspecting railroad tracks — had sex with a subordinate […]
MTA gets OK to start $9 Manhattan congestion toll following ruling — Hochul calls it ‘massive win for commuters’
A political war on the Hudson erupted Monday over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the MTA's controversial $9 congestion toll. Following a ruling by a federal judge in Newark, the MTA will now be able to begin charging the nation's first congestion tolls for entering Manhattan south of 60th Street starting Sunday, January 5th. […]
Late MTA worker’s mom irate with agency’s fire safety progress
The heartbreaking death of a woman sleeping on a Brooklyn train brought back painful memories for her still grieving mother, and left her furious that the MTA hasn't learned its lessons. When news of the shocking subway murders reached her Arizona girlfriend, 73-year-old Vicki Goble immediately thought of her son, Garrett Goble. Goble died in […]
MTA could hike NYC congestion toll by 25% on ‘gridlock alert’ days in ‘surge pricing’-style tax squeeze
The new $9 toll for cars in midtown Manhattan could rise by another 25% to $11.25 on “traffic alert days” starting next year, The Post has learned. MTA's already controversial right to raise commuter taxes It was mentioned in a footnote In a revised congestion pricing plan filed in the New York State Register, the […]
Woman torched to death on MTA train allegedly by illegal migrant still cannot be ID’d three days after horrifying attack due to severe burns: sources
A straphanger set on fire Sunday by an illegal immigrant on a Brooklyn F train was badly burned, and authorities are still struggling to identify her three days after the horrific attack, prosecutors and prosecutors say. a person involved said. Sources say the victim was asleep but alive when he was set on fire by […]