The Roller-Skating Economist You Can Thank for Congestion Pricing

Charging drivers to enter Lower Manhattan vindicates the lifelong mission of a Nobel laureate who, as it happened, died behind the wheel of a car.

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Fear on the Subway: Perception and Reality

The chance of being a crime victim in the subway is remote. But riders feel far more at risk than they do driving on New York’s streets and highways.

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Commuters Weigh New Tolls Against Subway Safety

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The M.T.A. Is Counting on Congestion Pricing to Upgrade Subways and Buses

The money raised from tolls will be used for essential repairs to New York City’s subways and buses. Without the upgrades, the system risks a meltdown.

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Congestion Pricing Has Begun in New York City. Here’s How It Works.

The tolling program, the first of its kind in the nation, will charge most drivers who enter Manhattan south of 60th Street during peak hours a $9 fee.

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N.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday

After twists and turns, a contentious plan meant to reduce traffic and pay for transit improvements is scheduled to take effect at midnight Sunday.

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Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say

The police said “criminality is suspected” in the death, which they said appeared to be a homicide. It happened aboard a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning.

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Congestion Pricing Settlement Stalls Between New York and New Jersey

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York offered New Jersey “generous” incentives to settle its lawsuit against the tolling plan. A judge could soon determine the program’s fate.

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Subway Surfing’s Deadly Lure in New York City

For more than a century, people have climbed on top of moving trains in search of a thrill. Now social media has attracted a new generation of daredevils.

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Will This Man Be New Jersey Transit’s ‘Train Daddy’?

Kris Kolluri, who until recently managed the project to build a $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River to New York City, will become the agency’s chief executive.

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