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capntransit, 3 days ago to random

RT @reasmus2 In light of the poorly-baked excuses from Gov Kathy Hochul justifying her flip-flop on congestion pricing, these signs couldn't be more fitting.

#CongestionPricingNow

capntransit, 3 days ago to random

RT @renae_rey Am I dreaming. Did Gov Kathy Hochul really just say her pause on CP was based on convos with people in diners, who can afford to pay at the tunnel, pay to park and dine in MANHATTAN, but refuse to contribute to a public that would benefit all people and reduce our climate risk?

capntransit, 3 days ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc In Midtown, we ran into Ernesto, the caretaker of Paley Pk. He described himself as “a regular guy” and takes the bus from Bayside every day. He’s angry about #congestionkathy killing congestion pricing and slowing his commute. But he doesn’t own a diner so she won’t listen.

capntransit, 3 days ago to random

RT @craigguriannyc It's not a matter of being mad, it's a matter of looking at a direction (Hochul's) and an unwillingness to act (NYSDOT) that seem to tick the "arbitrary and capricious" & "abuse of discretion" boxes. Plus a responsibility for MTA itself to challenge.

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @jacktreanor617 #CongestionPricing would literally still be worth it if all the money raised was immediately shredded and used as compost.

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @mdruker

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @saraklind New marching orders: tell #CongestionKathy to order NYSDOT Commissioner Dominguez to sign the VPPP agreement and start congestion pricing.

And tell Dominguez to have the courage to sign the agreement even if this feckless Governor tells her not to.

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from June 9, 2010: Will congestion pricing boost ridership on the East River ferries enough for them to make a profit and no longer require subsidy?

Of course that was assuming the owners could set the prices as high as the market would bear, like New York Waterway can do. At $4 they probably won't break even, but congestion pricing may reduce the level of subsidy we're paying!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2010/06/key-to-successful-ferry-service.html

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @ridersalliance New Yorkers didn't fight for years to win congestion pricing just for Gov Kathy Hochul to throw it away in a half-baked political stunt.

Rally with us this Sunday, June 9 at Broadway Junction and tell #GridlockKathy NO to DEFUNDING OUR TRANSIT!

RSVP: https://action.ridersalliance.org/cp-rally-6-9-24/

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @davecoion This will probably get buried by people who only see tweet 1 but the state pulling support matters because New York and the FHWA have to sign a Value Pricing Pilot Program agreement before the June 30 congestion pricing start date. Was gonna be a formality but…well…you know…

Legislators authorized the toll and the MTA set the rates but the final final final piece is the VPPP agreement, which has reportedly not been signed and no one can force the [NYSDOT Commissioner] to sign.

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @jameslllamas Thinking about buying a diner so the governor of New York will take policy advice from me.

capntransit, 4 days ago to random

RT @nycdsa After selling out working class New Yorkers, Kathy Hochul will be champagne toasting at a $5k per plate fundraiser with millionaire car dealers.
This is who she is. This is who she serves.

Tell her this is not okay: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/governor-hochul-to-transit-riders-drop-dead/

capntransit, 5 days ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc Since the news about the congestion pricing delay broke, we've published nearly 20 stories and sent a reporter up to Albany to hold lawmakers accountable.

If you appreciate our work, please consider making a donation to our newsroom.

https://action.openplans.org/support-congestion-pricing-fight/

capntransit, 5 days ago to random

RT @rit_aggarwala I hope no legislator who votes for this sham effort to protect the worst policy decision in NYS in ages ever, ever has the chutzpah to call themselves a climate leader. I know what climate leadership looks like. This is the opposite.

capntransit, 5 days ago to random

RT @bellachu10 Kathy Hochul is getting blasted for overturning congestion pricing at 5 to midnight but there’s evidence that Rep Jeffries put her up to it. This is the kind of chaotic, backstabbing, undemocratic, for sale to the highest bidder behavior we expect from MAGA. He deserves heat too.

capntransit, 5 days ago to random

RT @transalt Our sources in Albany tell us that they’ve NEVER received so many calls on a single issue. Thank you.

Now, it’s time to make our voices heard in the streets!

Here are FOUR IN-PERSON actions to take over the next few days to save congestion pricing.

JOIN US! DETAILS IN [alt text].

capntransit, 5 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from June 8, 2011:

If you want a true pedestrian revitalization you need to challenge the dominance of cars in the city. Everything else is just an empty escape fantasy. You can't become Kim Kardashian by buying her "signature scent," you can't become Mary-Kate Olsen by wearing her "celebrity clothing line," and you can't become New York or Paris by putting up an elevated walkway to nowhere.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2011/06/glamour-of-high-line.html

Andres4NY, 6 days ago to random

Hmmm... a "Pie shart" is a very different thing than a "Pie chart". #typos

capntransit, 6 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from June 7, 2008: What if we built the Winfield Spur and connected the Queens Boulevard line to the NY Connecting Railroad, allowing trains from Manhattan to serve Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood?

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2008/06/connecting-brooklyn-and-queens.html

capntransit, 6 days ago to random

Want a break from reading about congestion pricing? I just published a new guest post from George K.!

Did you know there are jitneys (most operating in Spanish) with several runs a day, roughly every two hours, between Washington Heights in Manhattan and eastern Pennsylvania (the Poconos, the Lehigh Valley and Reading), with stops in Fort Lee, Paterson, Union City, Irvington and Newark Airport?

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2024/06/long-distance-jitneys-to-pennsylvania.html

capntransit, 6 days ago to random

RT @mahoneyw Notably, Hochul rose to political prominence because of how well she managed a campaign against tolls for people commuting into a city

"The citizens of Buffalo and its first- and second-ring suburbs should not be penalized every time they leave their boundaries by paying tolls to drive to work, go to the mall, visit downtown attractions or take the kids to play hockey," she wrote in a 1998 op-ed

https://buffalonews.com/news/give-southtowns-drivers-a-break-and-get-rid-of-tolls-on-the-thruway/article_3325316f-b6d2-52b7-88c5-ba33c077c4f0.html

capntransit, 6 days ago to random

RT @nycdsa_ecosoc Governor Hochul to transit riders: DROP DEAD!

We've sent 100s of letters to her office, to state & federal reps & to the MTA board demanding they implement congestion pricing now. No new taxes on wages, no political football!

Use our tool to send yours:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/governor-hochul-to-transit-riders-drop-dead/

capntransit, 6 days ago to random

RT @marcelemoran You cannot design a more obviously progressive policy than charging a small minority of (largely high income) drivers to benefit a vast majority of (largely low + middle income) transit riders.

capntransit, 7 days ago to random

RT @shabazzstuart Busses stuck in traffic is a tax on poor people.

capntransit, 7 days ago to random

RT @openplans Mad that Gov Kathy Hochul has done a 180 on congestion pricing, wasting over a decade of progress & sticking NYers with delays, chaos & pollution?

Call your reps! Info & script to make it quick & easy:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SFr7qAbSin2nyo_Mn8C1vGhS0-bDxYX4jZNxGSOs2R8/edit