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Media Thank you NYS State Senator Leroy Comrie who stated congestion pricing is something that hurts Queens residents during remarks commemorating Queens Day at NYS Senate session Assembly Plan Charges Congesting App-Based Vehicles Rather logical when Zone Pricing envisions $50 toll-tax? (Well VA. At $46.50) Q-Poll: New Yorkers Zone Out Congestion Pricing Zone Pricing AKA all-at-once unsustainable, unfair, inequitable & regressive toll-tax scheme that also fails to ease congestion one policy idea that fails here in just about every way Congestion pricing hurts the vulnerable; The term itself would wow George Orwell with its euphemistic doublespeak writes former NYC Aging Commissioner Herb Stupp Empty Bottle report offers Same Old Wine; Orwellian approach Can’t Even “Relieve” Congestion (posted 2018-01-26)Just the Same Old Wine Empty Bottle report Offers Nothing New; Orwellian repackaging seeks to "hide" toll-tax on free bridges (posted 2018-01-19)Regressive Toll Tax Wrong Way To Fund Transit or Reduce Congestion (posted 2018-01-17)Congestion pricing faces an uphill battle in the Assembly, too (Politico) (2018-01-10)Regressive Toll Tax No Way To Fund Transit or Reduce Congestion (posted 2018-01-09) An Update on Transit Funding from Keep NYC Free: Do Not Rely onToll Tax Revenue; Better ways to address traffic congestion and resourcing transit (posted 2017-11-30) No Tolls on the Free East River Bridges says Assembly Member David Weprin in Fall 2017 Reports to the Community (posted 2017-12-04) Nation's Foremost Progressive Gives Congestion Tax The "Bern" Senator Bernie Sanders with Mayor at news conference on subways funding denounces tax on working families and working people(DNAinfo) (2017-10-30) City Councilman from Southeast Queens Says It Like It is "Congestion pricing is taxation without representation"(Crains Op-Ed) (2017-10-27) Regressive Congestion Pricing Haunts New York; commentary by former NYS Assembly Member Richard Brodsky, Senior Fellow Demos Action (2017-09-06; posted 2017-09-08) Foremost Progressive labels Congestion Tax "Regressive" Mayor De Blasio denounces congestion tax at mayoral forum (Crains) (2017-09-06; posted 2017-10-09) Congestion Pricing Won't Solve New York's Transportation Woes (Gotham Gazette) (2017-09-06; posted 2017-10-09) Pols: No Tolls On East River Bridges Queens BP Katz, Assembly Member Weprin, Council Member Grodenchik, Queens Chamber, Queens Civic Congress (Press of Southeast Queens) (2017-09-01; posted 2017-10-09) Queens pols speak out against tolling on free East River bridges Queens BP Katz, Assembly Member Weprin, Council Member Grodenchik, Queens Chamber, Queens Civic Congress (TimesLedger) (2017-08-31; posted 2017-10-09) Toll proposals seen as a no-go in Queens Government, business, civic leaders line up against East River, congestion fees (Queens Chronicle) (2017-08-31; posted 2017-10-09) ‘No New Tolls!’ was the message of NYS Assemblyman David I. Weprin, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and NYC Councilman Barry Grodenchik (Queens Gazette) (2017-08-30; posted 2017-10-09) Queens rallies against proposed Queensboro & East River tolling (Queens Courier) (2017-08-30; posted 2017-10-09) Queens pols civic leaders oppose East River bridge tolls (Queens Examiner) (2017-08-29; posted 2017-10-09) Queens pols, civic leaders oppose East River bridge tolls (Glendale Register) (2017-08-29; posted 2017-10-09) Several Queens politicians take a stand against potential tolls on Queensboro, East River bridges (Sunnyside Post) (2017-08-28; posted 2017-10-09) Free East River bridges should stay that way: Queens pols (amNewYork) (2017-08-28; posted 2017-10-09) Residents and lawmakers respond to possible tolls on East River bridges (Spectrum News NY1) (2017-08-27; posted 2017-10-09) No new MTA taxes "congestion pricing amounts to a tax on those who work in Manhattan but live elsewhere" (New York Post Editorial) (2017-08-24; posted 2017-10-09) Speaking Out Against Congestion Pricing Summer Update From Councilman I. Daneek Miller (2017-08-22; posted 2017-10-09) Mayor de Blasio slams 'inconceivable' congestion pricing plan "never seen an example of it that I thought was fair" (Daily News) (2017-08-21; posted 2017-10-09) Councilman Miller v. Congestion Tax "The MTA must not charge those living in transportation deserts to subsidize those who already enjoy access" (TimesLedger) (2017-08-21; posted 2017-10-09) De Blasio and Miller Upset Over Congestion Pricing "No matter how you cut it, [it] will be a regressive tax that hurts working families" (Press of Southeast Queens) (2017-08-18; posted 2017-10-09) A Refresher on Transit Funding from Keep NYC Free: Numbers don’t add up; Better ways to address traffic congestion and resourcing transit (2017-06-07) Councilman Miller steadfast v. Toll-tax Spoke out against congestion pricing on Good Day New York. (2017-06-06) Still the Same Old Wine in an empty bottle Revised City-only scheme offers nothing new. Relies on bogus revenues; better ways to address congestion. (2017-06-05) NYC Must Do Its Part for Fix LaGuardia Tie-ups Keep NYC Free comments on "Blame the city for LaGuardia’s endless traffic nightmare" (New York Post) (2017-04-20) De Blasio: Charging drivers to ease congestion 'not part of my vision' (amNewYork) (2017-02-14; posted 2017-02-17) Hellbound Train A Message to those who seek to exploit the L shutdown to Irresponsibly Impose Toll Scheme (2016-10-26) Remarks at Long Island Smart Growth Working Group by Keep NYC Free Senior Policy Advisor Corey Bearak (2016-07-19; posted 2016-07-25) Interesting Math Confirmed!; SIers will pay $8 more under MoveNY's UNfair toll-tax Scheme (2016-06-29) Interesting Math; How SIers pay $8 more under MoveNY's UNfair toll-tax Scheme (2016-06-24) Elected officials, Advocates Speak Out Against Congestion Pricing Plan (includes Pic) (2016-06-13) Elected officials, Advocates, To Speak Out Against Congestion Pricing and Call for Better Transportation Options for Queens Residents (2016-06-13) A Message on Transit Funding from Keep NYC Free: Stop those promises in disguise! (2016-05-23) Sorry, New York City doesn’t need more tolls Assembly Member David I. Weprin op-ed (New York Post) (2016-04-12; posted 2016-06-18) Lawmakers criticize MoveNY toll plan (Queens Ledger)
Pols Say No To East River Toll Proposal (Queens Tribune)
Move NY tolling plan draws mixed reactions (TimesLedger)
Pols knock plan to create bridge tolls Proposal is case of 'actual highway robbery,' says Assemblyman Weprin (Queens Chronicle)
East River bridges toll plan decried by Queens lawmakers (Newsday)
Queens Leaders Speak Out Against Tolling Proposal (NY1 News)
Assemblyman David Weprin, Senator Tony Avella, Councilman Barry Grodenchik, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman Stand Together to Oppose Move NY's Proposed East River 'Toll-Tax Scheme'; Queens Chamber of Commerce, Queens Civic Congress & Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Join Assemblyman Weprin (View news conference photo.)
(2015-12-06; posted 2015-12-11) Pols Taking Their Toll....On Us! Keep NYC Free comments on Michael Goodwin'sNew York Post column (Nov. 1, 2015).
Ups & Downs;Go Ask Alice: Up Is Down; Down Is Up; When Progressive Means Regressive Keep NYC Free comments on those calling themselves progressive supporting a tax infamously regressive by its nature.
Council Member Miller Breaks from Progressive Caucus Colleagues, Opposes Congestion Pricing (Note: The only current council member who drove an MTA bus and was previously co-chair of the MTA Labor Coalition.)
A Message for some legislators a reminder that toll-tax schemes offer neither net revenues nor relief from traffic.
Same Old Wine (city council) report offers nothing; follows schemer approach to barter projects for tolls.
NY City must honor its historic commitment to support the MTA Capital Plan Keep NYC Free welcomes the most recent media call on New York City to contribute its fair share to help fund the MTA Capital Plan.
Revenues that Makes Sense for the MTA Capital Plan Keep NYC Free applauds the efforts of the Governor and MTA to make the plan cost-effective.
QUEENS OPPOSES MOVE NY’S PLAN: "FAR FROM FAIR, LACKS PROMISE OF RETURNS" Joint statement by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; State Senators Joseph Addabbo, Jr., Tony Avella, Leroy Comrie, Toby Stavisky; Assembly Members Jeffrion Aubry, Barbara Clark, Vivian Cook, Phillip Goldfeder, Ronald Kim, Michael Miller, Michael Simanowitz, Michele Titus, David Weprin; and Council Members Karen Koslowitz, Rory Lancman, I. Daneek Miller, Paul Vallone and Ruben Wills.
Why Adopt a toll-tax scheme that means two New Yorks? Keep NYC Free comments on recent calls on Mayor to look at toll-tax scheme.
Let's Be Clear: The Song Remains The Same Statement by Corey Bearak, senior policy advisor for Keep NYC Free at Senator Tony Avella's news conference on latest iteration of the Move NY congestion scheme (It included Assemblyman David Weprin, Queens Civic Congress, the Small Business Congress, the Glen Oaks Village Cooperative Juniper Park Civic Association, the Friends of LaGuardia Airport and a past president of the Queens Chamber of Commerce.)
Still, The Song Remains The Same Statement by Corey Bearak, senior policy advisor for Keep NYC Free at news conference on latest iteration of the Move NY congestion scheme. Read Assembly Member David Weprin's release which includes statements from the Queens Chamber of Commerce and Queens Civic Congress. View the statement of Queens Civic Congress President Harbachan Singh
Here We Go Again? Keep NYC Free comments on latest iteration of the Move NY congestion scheme.
The Pretender Keep NYC Free comments on Municipal Arts Society support for congestion tax.
Queens Chamber of Commerce Still Opposed to Congestion Pricing and Tolls Queensborough magazine (April 2014)
Congestion Pricing = Bad Idea Keep NYC Free welcomes Op-ed, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. calls the 'Move NY' plan to place tolls on East River bridges 'an unfair regressive tax', in Daily News today
Mountain Jam Keep NYC Free comments on toll-tax unveiled by Move NY as reported by Daily News, Capitol New York and amNY
Wasted Words Keep NYC Free comments on toll-tax promoted in Caution Ahead: Overdue Investments For New York’s Aging Infrastructure (Center for an Urban Future)
Walk Right Back Keep NYC Free comments on Gridlock Sam: congestion pricing will cut traffic deaths (Capitol New York)
Avella wants city bridges to be toll free (Times Ledger)
Queens Pols Push To Keep Bridges Free (Queens Tribune)
Avella seeking to ban East River tolls (Queens Chronicle)
Legislation Prohibiting East River Tolls Announced (Queens Gazette)
Queens legislators balk at plans to toll East River bridges (Queens Courier)
Manhattan’s Free Bridges: To Toll or Not to Toll (Epoch Times)
Keep NYC Free supports Avella bill barring toll-tax
Avella, Weprin, and Queens Civic And Business Leaders Announce Legislation Prohibiting Tolls On East River Bridges (includes pic)
Queens Civics Oppose new toll scheme (Queens Civic Congress letter to electeds, 2013-12-01)
What A Day
Keep NYC Free notes Governor Cuomo's comments on toll-tax scheme (NY1 News)
Song Remains The Same (Still)
Keep NYC Free comments on Group to Promote Revised Plan for Tolls on East River Bridges (NY Times)
RIP – Edward I. Koch, Mayor
Keep NYC Free comments on the passing of an icon Nixes toll tax
Keep NYC Free comments on GOP Mayoral Candidate Breaks Silence, Gives
Some Of His Views To CBS 2 (CBS 2 News) Better Change Keep
NYC Free comments on The next superstorm; Sea walls? Yes. But traffic
and telecom walls, too. (Crain's New York Business
Editorial) We have all been
there before Keep NYC Free comments on Subway and bus fare hikes
have to be fair to straphangers (Daily News Editorial), Keep
MetroCard Bonus, Transit Chief Says (New York Times) and MTA
Details Fare Increases (Wall Street Journal) Fatal
Distraction Keep NYC Free comments on Deaths Rise for Drivers,
Bikers and Walkers on City Streets (New York
Times) Two-wheeled terror
New York editorial urges a crackdown on bikers who flaunt traffic safety
laws and regulations Falling Traffic
Congestion a Symptom of Weak Economy New York Sun column by Andrew
Wolff It Seems
The Toll-Taxers Need A Polite Admonition: Talk Real Revenues; Stop
Scheming on Tolls & Congestion Tax Talk Real
Revenues, Stop Scheming on Tolls and Congestion Tax Schemes Before
More Big Builds, How About Restoring Services; Ambitious Projects Merit
Sound Solutions (Includes contact info for Keep NYC Free principal
spokesperson Walter McCaffrey
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Keep NYC Free
comments on the ex-MTA chair who chased the riches in the Far East
Look
Within Keep NYC Free comments on NYS Comptroller's MTA Metro-North
audit, Select Payroll and Overtime Practices and Related
Transactions Mis-investing
taxpayer cash Keep NYC Free comments on New York Post article,
Times Square 'noir' on $27 million makeover project
Herb
London finds City Traffic Schemes "only made things worse" City
Journal Beware
Economy-Killing/ Job-Killing Tax Schemes Keep NYC Free comments on
New York Post article, The Big Crabapple-Execs trash NY as biz site
in survey New
Fangled Congestion Tax Scheme....Ain't Goin' Nowhere Keep NYC
Free comments on Daily News article, Congestion pricing looks to
hitch ride again... Wishing
Well Keep NYC Free comments on poll by Art Science Research Lab
(ASRL) that finds more than 3/4 of New Yorkers either lack any
enthusiasm for bike lanes or find fault with the scheme.
Nothin' To
Hide Keep NYC Free comments on Daily News editorial,
Transportation Commish Janette Sadik-Khan's highhanded ways displayed
in Brooklyn bike-lane suit Hot Dusty
Roads Keep NYC Free comments on Michael Goodwin's column,
Dead-end dreams build roads to ruin (New York Post)
Crazy Eyes Keep
NYC Free comments on efforts to use PANYNJ's toll scheme to promote a
Congestion Tax A new
beginnin's clingin' in my head Keep NYC Free comments on NY & NJ
Governors' rejection of PANYNJ's toll scheme
Business as usual Keep NYC Free comments on state and city
comptroller MTA audit We have all been
here before Keep NYC Free comments on the former Lt. Governor's
latest call for a toll-tax. Freedom
Rider Keep NYC Free comments on how the concern about the status
of certain MTA programs and projects misplaces the focus from core
needs. The Holdup Keep
NYC Free comments on administrative staffing cuts at the MTA
Blowin' In The
Wind Keep NYC Free comments on census data on new reports on
attempts to impose a congestion tax Why Working New Yorkers
Still Can't Afford A Congestion Tax Or Tolls Keep NYC Free comments
on census data on jobs in NYC Glad Keep
NYC Free comments on NYC's Midtown in Motion traffic control
system Car Ban Parked
Keep NYC Free comments on City Hall resisting a scheme to ban cars in
Central Park Wipe
Out Keep NYC Free comments on NYC rationing toilet paper at Coney
Island (New York Post) Tell All The People
Keep NYC Free comments on Daily News editorial on the MTA's
Improving, Non-Stop ads Burned and with both feet on the ground Keep NYC Free comments
on Bridges crumble as MTA tolls soar (New York Post) APPLY
PILOT TAG, AVOID REQUIRED SCRUTINY NOW & FOREVER? Keep NYC Free
comments on New York Times story on using Pilots to avoid
scrutiny
Never Be Their Fool Keep NYC Free comments on Congestion Pricing:
The Tax That Won’t Die in AAA's Car & Travel (June
2011) Ticket to
Ride Keep NYC Free comments on NYPD's ticket to ride Bike
crackdown (New York Post) Bus
Boondoggle letters A bus-ted MTA purchase (New York
Post) Out of Touch Keep NYC Free comments on DOT seeks to improve bus
service in Jamaica (Queens Chronicle) MIA?
Keep NYC Free comments on Bridge toll mounts (New York
Post) Bus
Boondoggle Keep NYC Free comments on Buses hit new 'low' (New
York Post) City Made
Special.....for just a few Keep NYC Free comments on Should the
city approve a 'limo lane' for UWS residents?
(Crains)
Plazas ain't sweet on the street, pol fumes (New York Post) with
comments by Keep NYC Free Plazas Require A Review
First Testimony to City Council Committee on Transportation chaired
by Council Member James Vacca Senators stand v.
tolls on free bridges Keep NYC Free on advocacy by Sens. Sampson,
Stavisky and Avella Somethin' Stupid
Keep NYC Free Comments on legislation to partially repeal mobility tax
and put tolls on free bridges
Daily News editorial Proposed improvements to Prospect Park West
bike lane have gotten completely out of hand Keep NYC Free
Comments on NYC Community Air Survey A Mayor Stands for
Free Bridges Keep NYC Free notes Mayor Ed Koch's defense of free
bridges Sunnyside Chamber
Revisits Congestion Pricing Issue (Queens Gazette) Worth Considering
Keep NYC Free comments on David Weprin Daily News Op-ed:
Congestion pricing taxes are taxing to the wrong
people Questions Keep NYC Free
comments on news reports that NYCDOT dropped plaza plans from its 34th
Street Scheme Closing 34th
Street Means Chaos Keep NYC Free comments on New York Observer "Get
Real, Sadik-Khan" editorial 34th Street Scheme
Blasted Keep NYC Free comments on Manhattan Borough President Scott
Stringer blasting the 34th Street Transitway (New York
Post) Roads to Ruin
Keep NYC Free comments on Andrea Peyser's column on NYCDOT and the 34th
Street Transitway (New York Post) Buses Run On Roads
Too Keep NYC Free comments on Michael Goodwin's "You got a
pothole..." column discussion (New York Post) Save
34th Street! Keep NYC Free comments on New York Post
editorial Behind the Curb
Keep NYC Free comments on Center for Urban Future report on bus
ridership Manhattan BP
Seeks 34th Scheme Review; discusses on Fox Five's Good Day New
York Debacle on 34th
St. Keep NYC Free comments on Steve Cuozzo's column, DOT's plans
to ruin grand blvd. (New York Post)
Congestion Pricing Should Stay (Off) The Table (Queens Gazette
editorial) At ABNY, A
Reprise: Skelos Pledges To Block Congestion Pricing Brooklyn's Beep on
Traffic Tax: Fugheddaboudit Assemblyman
David Weprin, Assemblyman Michael DenDekker, Senator Tony Avella and
business and civic leaders Denounce “Traffic Pricing” Calls for
Alternatives (Keep NYC Free thanks Assembly Member Weprin for this
post) Coverage of City
Hall News Conference called by Assembly Member David Weprin Comptroller's Audit
Flunks MTA on Bus Inspection - comments by Keep NYC Free Keeping Score – Another
Keep NYC Free idea moves Over and
Over.....again Staten Island Chuck's “traffic” forecast as
told to Keep NYC Free On Traffic Tax/
Congestion Tax/ Toll Tax, Senator Skelos states: "I don't believe
it is the right way to go" Traffic Tax/ Toll Tax/
Congestion Tax - The faulty policy that no amount of messaging can
correct. Keep NYC Free comments on Daily News report Trouble In
Paradise Keep NYC Free comments on "Psycho cycle policy; Buses
stuck, but bikes roll" (New York Post) A Child's Claim to
Fame Keep NYC Free comments on "The city's massive wreath cut"
(New York Post) Tell me who's been
fooling you? Keep NYC Free comments on City's Traffic Nightmares
(Channel 2 News) It's A Good Feelin'
To Know Keep NYC Free comments on Andrew Cuomo's statement on
the Congestion Tax. (New York Post, WNYC) Before The
Deluge Keep NYC Free comments on recent Huffington post
commentary that the "defeat" of the congestion tax based on a "clumsy
and inadequate" effort on its behalf. Another Time
Around Keep NYC Free comments on "After Medicaid, Ravitch to
tackle transportation" (Crains) Whither
Parks? Keep NYC Free comments on "Crews ignore 'dangerous' trees in
Central Park" (New York Post) Ghost
Town Keep NYC Free comments on "Free Parking Comes at a Price"
(New York Times) Here We Go
Again (Again?) Keep NYC Free comments on Deputy Mayor
Goldsmith's recent WNYC interview A Question of
Balance Keep NYC Free comments on "MTA budget bust bared" (NY
Post) Running
Horse Keep NYC Free comments on MTA overtime and shortfall
issues Every Time I Hear
That Train Keep NYC Free comments on Crain's editorial, "MTA's
plan for action" This Time
It's For Real Keep NYC Free comments on MTA revenues and service
cuts FreeWheelin'
Keep NYC Free comments on cycling and so-called pedestrian plazas at the
expense of buses and subways Here We Go
Again Keep NYC Free comments on Deputy Mayor Goldsmith's recent
New York 1 News interview Inaccurate
Conclusions Keep NYC Free comments on "Another tax shortfall hits
the MTA's budget" (Crain's) Blame Game
Keep NYC Free comments on "MTA chairman Jay Walder blames prior
administrations for blowing $560M on overtime" (Daily News)
Manufactured Congestion Keep NYC Free comments on "Times Square
Plazas Slow Many Bus Trips" (New York Times) Who's Minding The
Store? Keep NYC Free comments on "Use of Mob-Linked Firm Shows
M.T.A. Problem Vetting Subcontractors" (New York Times) Disingenuous Keep NYC Free comments on "M.T.A. Plans
More Rounds of Layoffs by July 4" (New York Times) A Plan or An
Imposition Keep NYC Free comments on "New Union Square" (New York
Post), "Plan for 34th St. Puts Buses and Feet First" (New York Times),
and "34th Street proposal a bust for Garment Center" (Crain's) What NY Transit Needs From D.C. Keep NYC Free
comments on "White House: Congestion Pricing On The Table" (City Limits)
Alternatives
Creates Some Capital Keep NYC Free comments on "$9 B.! M.T.A. Has
Hole in Its Five-Year Plan You Could Drive a Train Through" (New York
Observer) Maybe Cheaper Makes More
Sense Keep NYC Free comments on "MTA spent $20M on cameras that
don't work, but a cheaper system have functioned for years" (amNewYork)
Waste
away. Keep NYC Free comments on "Budget for West Side extension of
No. 7 train going off track, engineers warn" (Daily News) aka
mismanaged transit agency Keep NYC Free comments on "Anger
foments over neglected MTA property in Brooklyn" (amNewYork) Crazy Eyes Keep
NYC Free comments on NYCDOT report on traffic congestion which
contradicts the rationale for congestion pricing. The Song Remains The
Same Keep NYC Free comments on various news stories concerning
recycling tired old discredited proposals to Toll East River bridges.
Beating the Straphangers Keep NYC Free comments on Daily News story
that "Fare-beaters cost NYC Transit a staggering $27 million in 2009"
You're The Next Fool!
(Reprise) Keep NYC Free comments on DMI report on the congestion tax
You're The Next Fool!
Keep NYC Free comments on City Hall's recent statements on the
congestion tax Grandchild of Congestion
Tax? Keep NYC Free comments on statements made from Copenhagen and
the various news reports Assembly Member Meng
opposes Congestion Tax & Tox Tall Keep NYC Free highlights statement
at Queens Chamber of Commerce meeting reported in Queens Courier
(11/18/09) Free ride on
your dime (Daily News, 11/18/09) with by Keep NYC Free comments
Long-distance buses piling up in midtown (Crains, 11/17/09) with
comments by Keep NYC Free
Lies Keep NYC Free comments on "Keep waiting for that free
crosstown bus....." story (Daily News, 11/6/09) History
Lesson Keep NYC Free comments on Daily News Ravitch Toll-tax story
Just Who Is
Insensitive? Keep NYC Free comments on Crains Insider TEA training
story European
Motorist Group Slams Congestion Tax Scheme; includes Commentary by
Keep NYC Free (NY Times) Mega
projects v. Station repairs. Commentary by Keep NYC Free on MTA
is Sweating Bricks? (NY Post) Gifthorse Stuck in
the Barn? Commentary by Keep NYC Free on $1.5B TRANSIT
STIMU-LOSS (NY Post) A little effort
please Commentary by Keep NYC Free on Discount bus company racks
up $136,000 in traffic fines (amNewYork) Tolls? Fuhgeddabout
it! Commentary by Keep NYC Free on the recent Q-Poll Promise them
anything; commentary by Keep NYC Free on A WALK IN THE 'PARK' (NY
Post) Deja 2nd Avenue All Over
Again; commentary by Keep NYC Free on the latest 2nd Avenue Subway
delay A
question of priorities; commentary by Keep NYC Free on TIMES SQ.
IS SITTING PRETTIER (NY Post)
AILING MTA SPLURGES ON EXEC MED EXAMS (NY Post); includes commentary
by Keep NYC Free MTA -
nothing like tightening its belt; comments on "MTA has 8,200 staff
members making more than $100G (Daily News) Keep NYC
Free comments "MTA needs $600M to keep going" (Daily News) Borrowing from Keep NYC
Free.....again: Taxi ride shares and Taxi stands And It Got Done - Without
Tolls!! Keep NYC Comment on
State Senate Dems Plan (New York Times and Daily Politics) New Revenues to Save the
Fare and Finance Essential Transit and Transportation projects How Fitting! A New
Toll Tax Proposal on Tax Day! And it still hikes our Fares!
Keep NYC Responds to Daily News Editorial: "Thrown under the bus"
Keep NYC Responds to New York Times Editorial: "So Much for
Public Transit" DUH! When will they ever
learn? That their policies cause bad outcomes
Carl is Cool. So Let him know
Bridge Traffic to Increase (Crains_Insider) Bridge
tolls, better bus service only means more of the same
(TimesLEDGER) Fear Campaign
Borders on Irresponsible Time for MTA to step
forward to assist its riders Call Yes, But
Call for Alternative
Plan that Makes Sense
Keep NYC Responds to New York Times Editorial: "Thanks a Lot,
Albany" About time
already, study the sound alternative to fare hikes, cuts and tolls
Is
that all there is? We need more options from MTA, Albany (Newsday
editorial) Why cost us 30k jobs
in this economy? Sound
alternatives exist (Letter to Daily News) If Public Makes the
"Call" Pols Need to Answer With No Fare Hike, No Cuts, No Toll
Plan Bridges on
East River must remain free by Corey Bearak (TimesLEDGER)
State Senators deserve
praise; toll-taxers merit blame for MTA $$ woes
Why Not No Fare Hikes, No Tolls and No Cuts? It Can Be Done. Sound
Alternatives to Fare Hikes and Tolls Exist False Toll
Promises (Commenting on Daily News article, "MTA details budget cuts
for subway, buses if Albany doesn't offer bailout")
Time to talk alternatives (Comments on NY Times editorial) Why City Hall and Executive
Chamber Eschew Sound Revenues for the MTA
Daily News edit heads need to see the light "Why
Only (Bad For The Economy) Tolls?
"....promises are not guarantees" letter to State Legislators on bus
service $2 toll
tax changes nothing letter to State Legislators $2 tolls
net NOTHING for transit Tolling Free
Bridges = Unfair, Inefficient, Economy-killing
Tolling our Free Bridges: Bad for Queens Businesses Keep
NYC Free Policy Advisor Corey Bearak comments in Ravitch plan
revisited (Crains) Options exist to pay for transit
(TimesLedger) Statement at Joint
Hearing of NYS Senate New Revenues
for Mass Transit that Save the Fare City
dwellers would pay 65.1% of new bridge tolls under Ravitch
Tolls v Buses Are Just Not Equal Testimony to MTA in
Queens: Keep NYC Free report
shows - Testimony to MTA: Saving the
Fare -
Stimulus Cash for NY's Subways
Ravitch's rocky start (Crain's Insider) MTA East River bridge toll plan unfair to residents of Queens
(TimesLedger) New
York City Grew, but Traffic Didn't(New York Times)
Keep those bridges free (Keep NYC Letter to the Editor in Queens
Chronicle)
Congestion Pricing By Any Other Name Is Just As Stinky (Keep NYC
Letter to the Editor in Queens Ledger and seven other Queens and
Brooklyn weeklies) Keep
NYC Free Revenue Chart MTA's inefficient and inequitable toll tax (Keep
NYC Letter to the Editor in The Caribbean Voice)
THOMPSON, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS CITY, OPPOSE EAST RIVER
TOLLS
Keep NYC Letter to the Editor responding to MTA report doesn't
get at the root problem (Newsday) Keep NYC Letter to the Editor responding to Keep
the City Moving (New York Times) Many Hurdles, Legal and Political, to Bridge Tolls
Keep NYC Letter to the Editor responding to Saving the
subway: Ravitch funding plan is best hope for preserving mass
transit (Daily News) It can be done without
tolls Johnson takes axe to (London) congestion charge zone
(Guardian) MTA OFFICE
BLOAT (New York Post)
Incredible shrinking demand for MTA bridges and tunnels (Daily News)
Travel Up-Vehicle Usage Down (NYMTC)
Report Finds (U.S.) Government Top Violator on Parking (New York
Times)
Financing Mass Transit in New York: Basic Principles / Practical
Options 'BLOCK'
HEADS $LAPPED (New York Post) The
Riders Pay (New York Times editorial) With
Nostalgia in Overdrive, Double-Decker Bus Gets a Trial Run (New York
Times) Four public
meetings on MTA financing beginning September 15
Carpooling Gets Boost (Crain's Insider)
How the City and State Shortchanged the M.T.A. (New York Times)
Keep NYC
Congestion Tax Free Applauds San Francisco For Rejecting Golden Gate
Congestion Toll
Congestion Tax supporter's re-election OPPOSED by City Hall (New
York Times) Golden Gate Bridge congestion toll plan dies (San Francisco
Chronicle) No
Congestion Toll, But Congestion Parking Meters Coming to SF (KCBS
Radio)
Golden Gate Bridge 'congestion toll' scrapped (Press Democrat) TfL Admits Livingstone Regime Deliberately Obstructed Traffic
Flows (Association of British Drivers)
London gridlock at pre-congestion charge levels (Guardian) London congestion rises back to
pre-charging levels (Transport for London) San
Francisco discusses with the Community first (The Newspaper)
Seven-Month Decline in Travel Reflected in Highway Trust Fund
(USDOT) "Pols Show Real
Backbone" says Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free KABBALAH
PARKING PARADISE (New York Post) Correcting the Record,
Once Again (Letter to New York Times) Can't
Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone (New York Times) MTA tells
execs to curb cars (Daily News) City
to Test Peak Rates for Parking Meters (New York Times) Cost of Driving
Does What Law Was Trying To (New York Times)
Honolulu Mayor vows to veto congestion-fee idea (Star-Bulletin)
Another Solution Bites the Dust (See PlaNYC Agents Nixed in
Crains Insider) Can Parking Policy Ease Congestion? (New York Times
Wheels blog)
U.S. Embassy Refuses to Pay London Congestion "tax" (Commuter
Outrage)
Sydney joins New York in rejecting the Congestion Tax (See article
in CarCentral.com.au) Taxi
Stands Get Second Look (Crains Insider)
E-ZPass freebies cost MTA $14M a year (Daily News) Still
Not Quite Over Congestion Pricing (Daily News) DRIVERS GO
PUBLIC: TOLL & GAS HIKES SPUR TRANSIT SURGE (New York Post) Pols
beware..... Read what happens New
York, True to Mayor's Promise, Slashes City Parking Permits (New
York Times) London congestion charge did not improve air quality (New
Scientist)
"...six years has made little or no difference to the traffic jams in
central London" (New York Times) L.A.
drives away with N.Y.C. cash (Daily News) Is
the Long-term Sustainability Plan Sustainable? (Gotham Gazette)
To be
Assembly speaker, first you have to get elected (Albany Times-Union)
Congestion
Pricing: Just Another Regressive Tax? (New York Times)
NYERS CHEER CONGEST-FEE NIX (New York Post) Statement by Walter
McCaffrey, spokesman for Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free NY POST
OPPOSES THE CONGESTION TAX SCHEME The Traffic
Tax (New York Sun Editorial) The Latest
Slap (New York Sun) History for the
Speaker (New York Sun) Pay
to play, Bloomberg-style (Riverdale Press Editorial) Congestion
Pricing: Wrong Plan at a Bad Time Pork
handouts offered to pressure council members to OK congestion plan
Crowded New
York-LI will benefit from flex time New York State Law
says congestion pricing scheme is dead
Statement by Senator Ruben Diaz posted to NY Times City Room Blog
Assembly Member Brodsky Critiques new Senate bill THEY SAY LONDON; WE SAY:
SHOW THE LONDON $$$ Congestion
pricing would have wide-ranging effects (Newsday) GOV
BUDGET BLOW TO $TRAPPED-HANGERS (New York Post) in
the past the state had diverted mass transit money to other
purposes in MTA, city fear Paterson will cut budget
(Daily News)
NYERS ON NEW FEES: NY politicians cannot be trusted to use
congestion-pricing funds for mass transit. and other comments by
regular folk Avella & Weprin
Hold Anti-Congestion Pricing Rally Council
has votes to block congestion pricing: Avella (TimesLedger)
Police, Fire Unions Come Out Against Congestion Pricing (Daily
Politics) DOLLARS IN (MAYBE) -
DOLLARS OUT (FOR REAL) A Big 'No' to Congestion
Pricing From Three Non-Downtown Boards
Congestion Pricing means Two New Yorks
Rightful suspicion (Staten Island Advance editorial) A $10 Fee Can
Save the Day For Congestion Pricing (Brooklyn Eagle) COMMENTS ON CITY COUNCIL
NON-VOTE
Vallone Vows Vote Against Congestion Pricing (Queens Gazette) weeks later, that
all vanished. admits Council Speaker Quinn the public has every
right to be skeptical so says our Mayor (Newsday) The
Straphangers call it "a raw deal," and so should you. No E-ZPass,
Pay $9.00 (Gotham Gazette's Wonkster) There Are
No Guarantees Unfair Congestion Tax -
Chock Full of Lies CWA Local 1180 President
Arthur Cheliotes Testimony to NYC Council Committee on State
Legislation So It
Goes.....False Promises - AFTER - they got their money Queens Chamber of
Commerce Statement to NYC Council Committee on State Legislation
congestion
pricing is bad public policy for the city City Council
Hearing on the Congestion Tax March 24, 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.)
Statement by Walter
McCaffrey on Paterson and congestion pricing Juan Gonzalez column: Coughing up congestion
(Daily News) Brooklyn Community Board 7 (Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park)rejects the congestion tax (Gowanus Lounge) Joins CBs 4Q, 6Q, 7Q, 8Q, 8X, 11Q, 13Q, 14K (2008-03-20) Brooklyn Community Board 14 (Flatbush, Midwood) presses new Governor on congestion tax (letter) (2008-03-19) Statement by Walter
McCaffrey on the Congestion Pricing delay Queens State Senator refusing to get rolled over
This news article shows Rep. Weiner called it right See: Governor
Corzine on the impacts of a congestion tax CONGESTION TAX
SCHEME: DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR LIES
The USDOT Congestion Pricing Grant date is fiction So who
else is using our funds to promote the congestion tax?
Congestion Pricing is "a tax on the poor and middle class,"
Brodsky grills MTA chief on $30 billion capital plan (Journal News)
No Parking
Spot? Here Are About 142,000 Reasons (New York Times) City's
Parking Permits Problem Worse Than Thought (New York Sun) (2008-03-04)
Payoffs. A Good Government Reason to turn thumbs down on the congestion
tax. (Streets Blog)
Congestion Pricing Congested At Council (Daily Politics)
unfairness, inequity and perhaps, even "gentrification" (New York
Times City Room) Road charging
plan 'in tatters' (BBC News) Congestion Pricing: Where's the bill? (Staten Island Advance City
Hall Insider) CONGESTION TAX
SCHEME: RESULT OF CLOSED PROCESS
The 2008-13 MTA Capital Plan: The Costs Are Out of Control (Room
Eight) Letter
to the editor: Congestion Pricing (Downtown Express) Look at
What They Want the Congestion Tax to Pay For.
M.T.A. Plan Shows Less Help From Congestion Pricing (NY Times)
"...there currently aren't enough Republican votes to carry the
[congestion pricing] measure," reports Liz Benjamin (Daily News)
ASSEMBLY COOL TO CONGE$TION (NY Post) Mario
Cuomo Not So Sure This Congestion-Pricing Thing Is Happening (NY
Magazine Daily Intelligencer) STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free MTA Needs $30
Billion To Maintain and Expand Services (WNYC Radio)
Mayor's Traffic Plan Draws Criticism of Weiner (NY Sun)
Corey Bearak on Congestion Pricing in New York City CONGESTION TAX
HERDS HARD-WORKING NEW YORKERS IN ALREADY CROWDED TRANSIT STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Queens
Courier editorial: Kill congestion pricing in City Council Comptroller Bill Thompson on Congestion Pricing:
Congestion Pricing Debate: Opponents to Congestion
Pricing Urge NO Vote Congestion Pricing Is Environmentally Precarious
NO SPACE
FOR CARS NEAR CONGEST ZONES (NY Post)
2008-02-12_Ted Kheel comments on the Commission Congestion Pricing
Plan
Rockland opposes congestion pricing (Mid-Hudson News Network) Congestion
pricing is a tax,
Strike two for revised congestion plan (Riverdale Press)
Queens Courier
editorial: KO congestion pricing
Queens Pols Reject Congestion Toll (Queens Chronicle) CONGESTION TAX
SCHEME MADE WORSE
Congestion Pricing Could Lead To 'Hunting Licenses' (Queens Gazette)
it's worth thinking carefully (New York Post)
Commuters pan congestion pricing (The Journal News) all this
is doing is putting another tax or premium on (Logistics
Management) New Yorkers
comment on the latest Congestion Tax scheme (WNYC) Statement regarding
final "verdict" by the
Soaring Contruction Costs (WNYC) Lower
Manhattan residents expressed their opposition to the City's
congestion tax scheme at a Community Board 1 forum STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free NYCDOT
Deputy Commissioner admits they do not know Islanders'
message at hearing on congestion pricing: Fatigue (S.I. Advance)
STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Congestion Tax -
Chock Full of False Promises Queens Borough President
Helen Marshall's
Detour to Disaster (Queens Courier) Too Many Questions; So Few Answers (Queens
Courier Op-ed) Assembly
Member Vivian Cook: "congestion pricing is a tax on people Queens
Bd. 1 Challenges Congestion Pricing (Queens Gazette)
Queens pols weigh in on congestion pricing (Queens Courier)
Queens Courier editorial: Kill Congestion Pricing 5
Different Pricing Plans (Queens Courier) Congestion
pricing debate heats up (Queens Courier) New York
congestion hearing draws scores (Newsday) Public Sounds
Off On Congestion Pricing Plans (New York 1)
Queens Board 4 Rejects Congestion Pricing Plan (Times Newsweekly)
CAR-FEE
PLAN DRIVES COMMUTERS TO RAGE (NY Post) NYC
residents get it! New Visions
Dem Club hears pro, con cases (Times Ledger) Low-cost
alternatives could fix congestion pricing (Times Ledger)
Majority Of NY'ers Reject Congestion Pricing: Poll (Queens
Chronicle) CB 2
questions mayor's vision of city (Times Ledger)
Congestion Pricing Opposed At Town Hall (Queens Gazette) Congestion
Pricing Opponents Blast Bridge Tolls Idea (Queens Gazette) Weiner praises
congestion alternatives (Times Ledger) NYC's Congestion
Tax Scheme: Too Many Questions; So Few Answers Avoid the
Congestion Tax Pit Inside a Sweet Fruit Sometimes when you
try to kill two birds with one stone, you just wind up missing both
birds. Assembly
Member Micah Z. Kellner Queens Chamber
of Commerce CONGESTION TAX WOULD
PUT LABOR OUT IN THE COLD Brooklyn Community Board 14 (Flatbush, Midwood) rejects the congestion tax (letter) Joins CBs 4Q, 6Q, 7Q, 8Q, 8X, 11Q, 13Q (2008-01-15)
Running Scared: Congestion Pricing Questions (Village Voice)
CONGESTION TAX
SCHEME ISSUES REMAIN UNADDRESSED
CONGESTION CRITICS GET $USPICIOUS (NY Post)
Profits from Mayor Bloomberg's congestion plan may go elsewhere
(Daily News) Coverage of City
Hall Press Lockbox news conference (Epoch Times)
Better Transit New York blogger
[T]axing access makes no sense to address congestion STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free STATEMENT BY WALTER
McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
Vast majority of Staten Islanders oppose congestion pricing, poll
shows (Staten Island Advance) FAULTY
PREMISE IN FOLLOWING LONDON SCHEME TOP DOWN SCHEME
MASKED INSIDE “GREEN” PLAN Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz
BRITISH CITIES SHUN LONDON'S WASTEFUL CAR TAX (San Francisco
Sentinel) CONGESTION TAX
– CAN'T SAVE THE FARE; NOT ENOUGH FOR PROJECTS
Pols, stop force-feeding N.Y. huge ideas
Community Board 8 (The Bronx) opposes City Congestion Tax scheme
Queens
hit hardest by congestion pricing (Queens Courier, Daily News) Parking Guru
supports parking policy as a remedy to congestion CONGESTION TAX
– EAST RIVER TOLLS: THE ULTIMATE NYC DRIVER TAX
East River Bridges and Tolls (NY Times editorial) Whacking
Groundhogs (NY Sun) GREEN APPLE
BLOSSOMING (NY Post) Shoup Dogg, Parking
Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium (StreetsBlog)
CONGESTION TAX – ONLY FOR CITY RESIDENTS A Reader comments on the
IBO Report (Village Voice) Mayor's
intrepid traffic plan must avoid being intrusive (Daily News) Traffic
congestion plan could hit 3rd rail (Daily News)
British cities shun London's wasteful car tax (The Sunday Times of
London) the
congestion tax just raises the costs of goods to consumers (Forbes)
Letter from Assembly
Member Richard Brodsky New spin on
congestion pricing plan? (Newsday) PlaNYC
Unfriendly to Labor (The Chief) Statement by Walter
McCaffrey on the CONGESTION
TAX – AN IDEA NOT FOR THIS SEASON NOR ANYTIME SOON Congestion Pricing
Takes A Beating At 86th St. Meeting (A Fine Blog) Statement by Walter
McCaffrey on a Congestion
Pricing Reduction from 86th Street to 60th Street Congestion
Pricing Reduction from 86th Street to 60th Street
London Traffic - Just as Bad as Before Congestion
Pricing - A Hard Look (AAA's Car and Travel)
Congestion Pricing Flaw: Cloned License Plates (WCBS-TV) BLOOMY GETS INTO
PARK ROW (NY Post) CONGESTION
TAX – UNFAIR TO NEW YORKERS
Nix congestion pricing plan and enforce current traffic laws PARKING
PERKS AMOK (NY Post)
Congestion pricing: tough to chew (Brooklyn Heights Courier) If
seventy-five cents represents an unfair tax, CONGESTION
TAX DOES NOT FOOL NEW YORKERS The public has
spoken again The MTA did not factor the
Congestion Tax into its 2008 budget UNDER
ASTHMA ATTACK (NY Post) Congestion in London reverting back to pre-congestion tax
2003 (Queens) CB 11 blasts congestion pricing (TimesLedger) CONGESTION TAX
WOULD PUT LABOR OUT IN THE COLD Congestion Suggestion (Staten Island Advance editorial)
Hudson River tolls reduce Mike's coffers (Crain's Insider) Does
Congestion-Pricing Plan Affect City Ticketing Policy? (NY Sun)
Bloomberg's congestion plan draws fire from residents (Daily News)
Keep NYC
Congestion Tax Free Announces Truth Series
In Praise of Congestion by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun Column) Fidler
Presents Alternative To Traffic Plan (NY Sun) By Rail
or Road, Travel Costs Rising in New York Region (NY Times)
Another Viewpoint on Congestion Pricing
Testimony to the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Testimony to
the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Where's the
cash? (Metro New York)
Why London continues to grind to a halt (The Times of London) Pol doubts city's traffic estimates (AMNY and Newsday)
DOWN ON CONGESTION (The Ridgewood Times Newsweekly)
Electeds Praise Activists At Civic Congress Meeting (Queens Ledger)
Testimony to
the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
Weiner: Getting Trucks Off Streets Will Solve Congestion Woes (Queens
Gazette) Daily News exposes revenue flaws in City scheme
New York Times
Advocates Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Alternatives
STATEMENT BY WALTER MCCAFFREY ON TRAFFIC ON THE BRAIN
TRAFFIC ON THE
BRAIN: Share Your Solution on traffic Congestion Mitigation (NY Times
City Section) NYC
Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Hearings Editorial Comment: Congestion pricing
isn't a plan (Riverdale Press) Community
Board 8Q opposes the City's Congestion Tax
Congestion Pricing Opponents: We Have a Plan (1010 WINS)
Group proposes alternatives to NYC's congestion pricing plan (AP Story
in AMNY) Study Gives Alternatives to City Plan for Traffic (NY Times)
Queens Community Board 6
Opposes Congestion Pricing M.T.A. Says Mayor’s Plan to Ease Traffic Will Cost $767
Million to Accomplish (NY Times) CB7 blasts congestion pricing (TimesLedger)
What's wrong with congestion pricing
(Riverdale Press) Boro needs voice on congest board (Daily News)
Statement by
Walter McCaffrey on Q-Poll Spitzer: Don't link fare hike, congestion
pricing (Excerpts from Newsday) Make “A Field
Trip for the Congestion Panel” Worthwhile Critiquing Some Congestion Pricing Impacts Staten Island Advance editorial: A snub by any
measure Queens Courier editorial: Millions of Questions!
No (Staten) Islanders on the city's traffic panel
WNBC-TV: News Forum Transcript (Brodsky v Wilde) “We
are not the only ones raising questions and concerning about the USDOT
funding issue” Congestion Pricing: Still an Accident Waiting to Happen
Statement by
Walter L. McCaffrey on behalf of Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Preserving
the Integrity of Mayor Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing Plan
“Read some alternatives to saving the fare rather
than using the congestion tax” Assembly Member
Rory Lancman's Carrott Bill WNBC-TV:
Excerpts from News Forum Newsday: New York lawmakers OK congestion pricing
study
Congestion Charge - income £930 million, surplus £14 million
StreetConservative.com: Congestion Pricing: Just Another Tax
Increase Daily News editorial: Curb these parking perks Congestion Tax Hurts Small
Business The Wall Street Journal: Bloomberg vs. The Car The Truth about Congestion Pricing and Mass
Transit (text and video) Congestion pricing not what it appears Congestion Tax: Must
Be A Better Way (2007-06-11) Civics want to Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free NYC Senior Citizens
Reject Congestion Pricing NYC’s next boondoggle: Congestion Pricing TimesNewsweekly: Charged Up Over Congestion
Pricing Plan Queens Courier: Queens pans congestion pricing
plan TimesLedger: Leaders blast congestion pricing
Queens Tribune: Boro Leaders Rip City’s $8 Car
Fee Queens Gazette: Queens Pans Mayor’s Congestion
Plan Queens Gazette editorial:
Congestion Pricing Unfair To Queens Drivers
ATA Statement on Congestion Pricing The British aren't coming: London traffic fix runs over stores |
