In an 18-month experiment, the city plans to limit car and truck traffic from a six-block stretch of the road, establishing a corridor featuring express buses, wide bike lanes and pedestrian-friendly walkways. The bus service will start in June.
April 24, 2019New York
Government, Business, Logistics
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New York City to Limit Cars, Trucks on 14th Street in Traffic-Cutting Experiment
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
Government, Business, Logistics
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions
John Taggart/Bloomberg News
Commercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs.
April 2, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
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New York City Congestion Pricing Hits Speed Bump Over Who Gets Exemptions
Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg News
New York lawmakers facing an April 1 deadline to approve a state budget have agreed to impose tolls upon motorists who enter midtown Manhattan, but they still must decide on politically fraught issues over who gets to be exempt.
March 29, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Cars driving along FDR near 102nd Street in New York (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
Manhattan Drivers Could Be Facing $11.52 Toll to Drive City Streets
Cars driving along FDR near 102nd Street in New York (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)
London did it. So did Singapore and Stockholm. Now New York may be coming around to congestion pricing.
March 27, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
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New York City Girds for Possible Congestion-Pricing Changes
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News
Under the plan sketched out Feb. 26, electronic-tolling devices would be installed around the district south of 61st Street by 2020, with discounts for off-peak travel. Uber Technologies Inc. is among those supporting the push for so-called congestion pricing.
February 27, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Amazon Ditches Plans for New York Headquarters
Mark Lennihan/Associated Press
Amazon.com is pulling out of a plan to build a headquarters in New York City, after a backlash from some residents and politicians, the e-commerce giant said.
February 14, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Calls Amazon’s HQ2 Jobs ‘Mission Critical’
Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg News
Defending the incentive package to attract Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 to New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the prospect of the tech giant bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the area was “mission critical.”
February 12, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
NYC residents protesting Amazon outside City Hall. (Sangsuk Sylvia Kang/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Reconsidering NYC Headquarters After Opposition
NYC residents protesting Amazon outside City Hall. (Sangsuk Sylvia Kang/Bloomberg News)
Amazon.com Inc. is reconsidering its plan to build a corporate campus in New York after facing a wave of opposition, according to a news report that cited unnamed people familiar with the matter.
February 8, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News
N.Y. Mayor Says Amazon Will Prevail as City Needs Tech
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he thinks Amazon.com will prevail in building its huge new campus in the city — despite an opponent being recommended to serve on a board with veto power over the transaction.
February 5, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA
A Walmart truck crossing a bridge on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
Truckers, Residents Voice Concerns Over Aging Syracuse Viaduct
A Walmart truck crossing a bridge on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)
AUBURN, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. John Katko held a town hall meeting regarding the fate of an aging viaduct in the center of Syracuse on Feb. 4, listening to concerns regarding the trucking industry, lakes, pollution and traffic.
February 5, 2019Pages
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