Transit Latest: Congestion Pricing, Fare Evasion, the End of Free Bus Routes and More
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Nessen, WNYC and Gothamist transportation reporter, brings updates on the latest transit news, including a launch date for congestion pricing, the end of free bus routes and more.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYc, good |
| 0:03.7 | again everyone. |
| 0:09.0 | It's the Brian Lairdas show on WNYC. |
| 0:13.2 | Good morning again everyone. |
| 0:14.7 | One quick note about Michael Hill's newscast there. |
| 0:17.6 | I should have jumped in and said it when he said it. |
| 0:20.2 | Time to start paying attention again to the New York Knicks if you're at all of a sports fan or just one of those marginal sports fans |
| 0:27.5 | who only pays attention when things get interesting. |
| 0:31.0 | Things are getting really interesting for the first time in a long time |
| 0:35.0 | with the Knicks and their star Jaylin Brunson who scored more points than any Nick ever in a playoff |
| 0:40.5 | game yesterday. So just saying, another source of entertainment for some of |
| 0:44.9 | you who were marginal sports fans and if you plan on driving into Manhattan |
| 0:50.8 | south of 60th Street, |
| 0:52.9 | remember this date, June 30th. |
| 0:56.2 | Maybe the Knicks will be NBA champions by then. |
| 0:58.8 | That's when the MTA is set to begin congestion pricing barring the outcomes of legal challenges |
| 1:05.1 | against the plan as most of you know and also as you just heard from Michael on |
| 1:09.7 | the newscast the mte a just announced some new metro North and Long Island Railroad discounts for trips within the city to go with congestion pricing to encourage commuting by rail and offer that carrot to people who live on the Metro North and Long |
| 1:27.9 | Island Railroad lines within the city. There's more transportation news |
| 1:31.8 | as well. |
| 1:33.0 | City bus service, just got a 12 million dollar boost from the state budget, |
| 1:38.0 | but that pilot program where there was one free bus line in each borough, that's now set to end. |
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