Expanding Mass Transit is fundamental to the future.
It’s up to us to make it work.
What’s New
Through-running at Penn Station would transform regional rail in NYC, and we have the infrastructure to do it.
However, in a recent report, Amtrak made fundamentally flawed arguments pushing its unnecessary and expensive Penn Expansion project. We demonstrate that through-running is possible, and it needn’t cost billions of dollars.
Congestion pricing is huge victory for NYC, and it's about more than money. It will improve bus service, public health, the climate, safety, and more.
The future of urban rail is electric.
Unfortunately, NYC has near-sighted plans for its commuter system that could hinder electrification for decades.
It’s time to move past the status quo & lay groundwork for progress.
ETA in the News
ETA’s executive director Blair Lorenzo was a guest on WBAI’s Eco-Logic show, discussing the region’s pressing transportation issues, ways to make transit more effective, and New Jersey’s misguided attempt to widen the NJ Turnpike through Jersey City.
Listen now!
“While we are not in love with the way the situation was handled or the lower price, we our ecstatic that congestion pricing will finally be implemented,” said Blair Lorenzo, Executive Director, Effective Transit Alliance. “This is a major victory for New York that promises not only a steady funding stream for the MTA in very uncertain times, but also make life better for all New Yorkers by reducing traffic. A needed victory for New York!”
"We are ecstatic that the MTA made the right decision to build a tunnel through All Faiths Cemetery," said ETA Executive Director Blair Lorenzo. "For the price of a single, short tunnel, IBX riders will get faster, more frequent, and more reliable trips for decades to come. We will work to ensure the MTA keeps to their word and builds a shallow, inexpensive tunnel, but this is an investment well worth making."