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March 27, 2019 iheartmoveny 0 Comments

The Bronx Move NY Facts & Benefits

The Move NY Fair Plan just makes sense! Enough is enough. The plan put forth is a well thought out transportation policy and it represents an opportunity for discussion and a course of action that will address the city’s gridlock and the high price of tolls and MTA fares that significantly affect outer borough residents.

Proposed Transit Investments

  • New Metro-North Penn Access line with four new stations in the East Bronx
  • Expanded ferry service
  • Continued expansion of Harlem/Bronx section of Second Avenue subway

What is a Toll Swap?

The Move NY Fair Plan charges more where there’s more traffic and better transit options, and lowers tolls on all other MTA bridges. Tolls will be reduced by up to 48% on all MTA bridges; crossing into and out of Manhattan’s Central Business District, whether on a bridge or at 60th Street, will be tolled at the same rate as the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

Cost & Time Savings

  • Metro-North “City Ticket” 7 days a week, with fare within city limits reduced to $6.25 peak/$4.25 off-peak
  • More Express Bus service
  • Express Bus fares reduced from $6.50 to $5.50
  • More frequent and less crowded subway trains

Roads & Bridges Investments

  • $375 million invested annually
  • Sealing roads to prevent potholes; repairing potholes
  • Creating safer streets
  • Coating & lubricating bridge components so spans last longer

Brooklyn Move NY Facts & Benefits

It’s a simple calculation: Communities of color and low income people need affordable, reliable and accessible transit – and that’s what the Move NY proposal would help bring to our city.

Roads & Bridges Investments

  • $375 million invested annually
  • Sealing roads to prevent potholes; repairing potholes
  • Creating safer streets
  • Coating & lubricating bridge components so spans last longer

Proposed Transit Investments

  • Expanded ferry service
  • New Select Bus Service on Utica Avenue and along the Southern Brooklyn East-West corridor

Cost & Time Savings

  • More frequent, less crowded subways
  • More Express Bus Service
  • Express Bus fares reduced from $6.50 to $5.50

What is a Toll Swap?

The Move NY Fair Plan charges more where there’s more traffic and better transit options, and lowers tolls on all other MTA bridges. Tolls will be reduced by up to 48% on all MTA bridges; crossing into and out of Manhattan’s Central Business District, whether on a bridge or at 60th Street, will be tolled at the same rate as the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

Good for Cyclists & Walkers

  • Lower car emissions in Williamsburg near the entrance to the Willliamsburg Bridge
  • Improved pedestrian safety along Flatbush Avenue neighborhoods
  • No more “Bridge Shopping:” drivers won’t drive through city streets in Downtown Brooklyn & surrounding communities to access free bridges

Queens Move NY Facts & Benefits

This plan has definitive benefits for drivers: toll reductions in the outer boroughs and improvements in the roads that go beyond state of good repair.

Proposed Transit Investments

  • New Select Bus Service through Woodhaven, Woodside, and JamaicaFlushing neighborhoods
  • Expanded ferry service

Roads & Bridges Investments

  • $375 million invested annually
  • Sealing roads to prevent potholes; repairing potholes
  • Creating safer streets
  • Coating & lubricating bridge components so spans last longer

Cost & Time Savings

  • LIRR“City Ticket” 7 days a week, with fare within city limits reduced to $6.25 peak/$4.25 off-peak
  • More Express Bus service
  • Express Bus fares reduced from $6.50 to $5.50
  • More frequent and less crowded subway trains

What is a Toll Swap?

The Move NY Fair Plan charges more where there’s more traffic and better transit options, and lowers tolls on all other MTA bridges. Tolls will be reduced by up to 48% on all MTA bridges; crossing into and out of Manhattan’s Central Business District, whether on a bridge or at 60th Street, will be tolled at the same rate as the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

Good for Cyclists & Walkers

  • Improved pedestrian safety at Queensboro Plaza and other trafficclogged hotspots
  • Less traffic, safer streets, and fewer crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Hunters Point, Long Island City, and Astoria