To Pool or Not To Pool?

by | Dec 9, 2021 |

To Pool or Not to Pool Author: Jessica Lazarus and Susan Shaheen Date: December 2021 Over the past decade, on-demand mobility services have changed the way people travel. These services include app-based ride-hailing companies (also known as transportation network companies or TNCs), such as Lyft and Uber. TNCs offer flexible, on-demand rides that can supplement public transit and personal vehicles, and can lower the barriers to living car-free or car-light. However, TNCs also contribute to increasing vehicle mileage, traffic congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions, in part due to the time the vehicles spend driving without a passenger, which is known as “deadheading.” Pooling — multiple travelers sharing a ride in the same vehicle — can mitigate some of these negative impacts. … Read the full article...

What It Will Take for Kathy Hochul to Get Congestion Pricing Right

by | Aug 30, 2021 |

Author: Alissa Walker Date: August 26, 2021 When Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in Tuesday just after midnight, water was still pooled in the subway stations from the MTA’s second catastrophic flooding in as many months. It was emblematic in so many ways of the transportation crisis she was inheriting. Hochul (via either acting head Janno Lieber or whomever else she names to run the MTA) will have to not only futureproof the agency against the next inevitable superstorm but also do so with ridership way down (and perhaps staying that way for a while, as return-to-the-office plans once again grow uncertain). … Read the full article...