Transportation News

We're excited to release our green policy priorities - our 2021 New York State Policy Agenda.

We're excited to release our policy priorities for the Capital Region - our Capital Region 2021-2022 Policy Agenda. We will

Clean transit is a part of the Biden climate plan. NYLCV is hopeful that the Biden administration will prioritize public transit and congestion pricing. We also anticipate the President-elect’s swift actions to advance environmental protection and tackle climate change in 2021.

We're excited to release our policy priorities for Long Island - our 2021-2022 Long Island Policy Agenda. We will focus

The Federal Highway Administration has indefinitely held up approval of New York’s congestion pricing plan - one of NYLCV’s priorities - refusing to raise any substantive concerns. NYLCV is working with other advocates to reach out to New York’s Congressional delegation and President-elect Biden’s transition team to emphasize the need to support transportation, and we are hopeful that we will see positive action on congestion pricing early in 2021.

E-scooters have the potential to further decrease traffic congestion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and provide commuters with a socially distanced transportation option. It is a critical time to be pragmatic and execute this pilot as New York City continues to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More and more New Yorkers are opting to commute by bike, and we’ll need to do so even more to reduce emissions. That’s why NYLCV supports H.R. 1507, the Bicycle Commuter Act.

Mayor de Blasio announced last month that the Department of Transportation (DOT) reached its speed camera expansion goal for the summer of 2020, giving NYC the largest speed camera network in the world. Speed cameras make streets safer and encourage New Yorkers to walk rather than drive greenhouse gas-emitting vehicles.