Jeanmarie Evelly, Author at City Limits

City Considers Letting Access-a-Ride Vans Use Bus Lanes to Speed Up Trips for Riders with Disabilities

The Department of Transportation is considering a proposal to let some Access-a-Ride (AAR) vehicles utilize the city’s bus lanes — an effort to speed up trips for users, who complain…

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Apr 2019

ByJeanmarie Evelly 10 minRead time

New MTA Plan to Put Disabled Riders in Taxis is Off to a Rocky Start, Users Say

In an effort to improve the AAR program, the MTA began offering e-hail services to users in 2016, allowing them to reserve trips in taxis or for-hire vehicles instead of…

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Mar 2019

Will Congestion Pricing Create Parking Problems at the Periphery?

Some lawmakers and residents in areas outside the proposed congestion zone worry drivers will park and ride. But there are reasons to suspect that won’t occur.

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Mar 2019

Speaker Wants Mayor in Charge of Transit, 50 Miles of New Bike Lanes Each Year

Corey Johnson also says he plans to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Transportation to issue a ‘a comprehensive master plan for city streets’ every five years, He…

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ByJeanmarie Evelly 3 minRead time

Economy Government

MTA to Hike Weekly and Monthly MetroCard Fares, But Avoid Increase for Access-A-Ride Users

The vote avoided an alternative plan that would have hiked the base fare to $3, something disabled riders and advocates argued would unevenly burden Access-a-Ride users.

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Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Free Parking:
Is it the Secret Ingredient
in NYC’s Traffic Problem?

In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 22 minRead time

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ByJeanmarie Evelly 1 minRead time

Justice Video

Video: MTA Must Prioritize Subway Elevators as NYC Ages, Activists Say

In the next two decades, New Yorkers 65 and older will account for 18 percent of the city’s population, according to the AARP. And they’re going to need a lot…

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Economy

Report: City Discounts Saved Delivery Drivers Up to $10M Last Year

Some critics would like to see the discount programs kicked to the curb. Said one Councilmember: ‘Massive delivery companies shouldn’t get a free pass.’