This report outlines how the MTA can dramatically expand its five borough transit network at an estimated cost of just $50 million per year by aligning fares within the five boroughs across its commuter rail, subway, and bus systems.
TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO APPEARS LIVE ON THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW TO DISCUSS HIS IDEA TO HELP FUND THE MTA WHICH INCLUDES CONGESTION PRICING IN COMBINATION WITH INTERNET SALES TAX, AND MARIJUANA TAX, AND MAYBE EVEN PIED-à-TERRE TAX.
"The thing I am most urgent about – and I think all New Yorkers need to feel urgency about – is getting a plan to fix our subways once and for all. And I do want to say I’m encouraged by what I feel is growing urgency.".
Mayor De Blasio appears on Hot 97's Ebro In The Morning radio show to discuss various topics and accomplishments in City Government. Subjects discussed are the fixing of the subway system and using congestion pricing to accomplish it.
MAYOR DE BLASIO AND FIRST LADY CHIRLANE MCCRAY APPEAR LIVE ON HOT 97’S EBRO IN THE MORNING to address congestion pricing and raising money to repair the transit system.