I want to see Move NY adopted sooner, not later. I am disheartened how Governor Cuomo has dismissed it as a non-starter when in truth this is the most realistic way to both tackle congestion and raise badly-needed revenue for the MTA. Every day we hear more and more complaints about subway overcrowding, bus delays, etc. - those will not improve without more funding, but we all saw just how difficult it was to plug the gap in the latest MTA Capital Plan. And the worse public transportation services get, the more likely people are to abandon them and turn to cars, whether their own or for-hire vehicles. That only makes congestion worse. If we want to reduce the number of cars in the CBD, then we need to make the alternatives more appealing. Move NY will provide the money needed to do that.
Hi Lauren. You're right! And that's why the Move NY plan actually does just that: It extends City Ticket on the LIRR and Metro-North to seven days per week and reduces fares to $6 peak/$4 off-peak and Express busses to $5. These reductions would be put into place before the bridge tolls are lowered and before the tolls entering into Manhattan's Central Business District would be introduced.
1) Implement MoveNY. 30% of motor vehicles in CBD have no destination in CBD they are driving in CBD toll shopping to get to LI or NJ.
2) Implement NYCDOT SMARTmeter plan citywide: Street Parking is too valuable to give away from little or no cost. Street Parking should cost equal to off street parking
3) Expand Loading Zones on every avenuein CBD: Delivery trucks and For hires vehicles should have the curb space to do their vital work without blocking lanes.
5) Complete Streets: Amsterdam, 2nd ave, 5th ave., 6th ave in 2016. Dedicated bus lanes, pedestrian islands, protected bike lanes, and 25MPH signal timing.
6) have the courage to expand pedestrian plazas everywhere in CBD. Proptery Values increase with pedestrian plazas. Have the courage to eventually link all the pedestrian plazas along Broadway from Union Square to Central Park in a linear chain of great spaces.
7) have the courage to expand sidewalks when building complete streets
I want to see Move NY adopted sooner, not later. I am disheartened how Governor Cuomo has dismissed it as a non-starter when in truth this is the most realistic way to both tackle congestion and raise badly-needed revenue for the MTA. Every day we hear more and more complaints about subway overcrowding, bus delays, etc. - those will not improve without more funding, but we all saw just how difficult it was to plug the gap in the latest MTA Capital Plan. And the worse public transportation services get, the more likely people are to abandon them and turn to cars, whether their own or for-hire vehicles. That only makes congestion worse. If we want to reduce the number of cars in the CBD, then we need to make the alternatives more appealing. Move NY will provide the money needed to do that.
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Hi Lauren. You're right! And that's why the Move NY plan actually does just that: It extends City Ticket on the LIRR and Metro-North to seven days per week and reduces fares to $6 peak/$4 off-peak and Express busses to $5. These reductions would be put into place before the bridge tolls are lowered and before the tolls entering into Manhattan's Central Business District would be introduced.
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Reduce Congestion in CBD
1) Implement MoveNY. 30% of motor vehicles in CBD have no destination in CBD they are driving in CBD toll shopping to get to LI or NJ.
2) Implement NYCDOT SMARTmeter plan citywide: Street Parking is too valuable to give away from little or no cost. Street Parking should cost equal to off street parking
3) Expand Loading Zones on every avenuein CBD: Delivery trucks and For hires vehicles should have the curb space to do their vital work without blocking lanes.
5) Complete Streets: Amsterdam, 2nd ave, 5th ave., 6th ave in 2016. Dedicated bus lanes, pedestrian islands, protected bike lanes, and 25MPH signal timing.
6) have the courage to expand pedestrian plazas everywhere in CBD. Proptery Values increase with pedestrian plazas. Have the courage to eventually link all the pedestrian plazas along Broadway from Union Square to Central Park in a linear chain of great spaces.
7) have the courage to expand sidewalks when building complete streets
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