What Expanding Fair Fares Means to Riders
Mapping transit affordability for 415,000 New Yorkers Fair Fares is a crucial lifeline of affordability for over 360,000 New Yorkers…
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Take Your Pick Albany: Evaluating the Dozens of Options for Funding the MTA’s 2025-29 Capital Plan
Riders got coal this past Christmas Eve when legislative leaders rejected the MTA’s 2025-29 Capital Plan, citing funding concerns. Primarily…
Rider-First Fare Payment
Authored by Jack Connors, PCAC Research and Communications Associate With congestion pricing slated to begin in early 2025, the time…
The Track to Better Transit is Laid with City of Yes
Header Image: NYC Department of City Planning // Artist: Alfred Twu Authored by Benjy Ross, PCAC Intern An Analysis of…
The High Costs of Exempting Municipal Workers from the NYC Congestion Pricing Program
A Joint Report of RPA and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC) INTRODUCTION In discussions about congestion…
Fixing the Hole in the MTA’s 2020-2024 Capital Plan: Evaluating Proposed Alternatives to Congestion Pricing
Funding the MTA’s Capital Plan: Only Congestion Pricing Checks All the Boxes In light of Governor Hochul’s congestion pricing “pause”…
A Billion Dollars a Myth
15 Facts: One for Each Billion Lost Without Congestion Pricing: A joint report from the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to…
Expanding Fair Fares to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level: Mapping equitable access to affordable transit for all
Making Fair Fares More Fair for More People Since its launch in 2019 and expansion in 2023, the Fair Fares…
Integrate, Simplify, and OMNYvate: On Track for Better MTA Fare Payment
The MTA’s commuter railroads currently have complex and confusing ticket systems for everyone involved— riders and workers included. But the…
Filling the Operating Gap: A Funding Tool
The MTA is facing a major fiscal crisis. Lower post-pandemic ridership and revenue left the MTA with a looming fiscal…