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.
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“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."

In a major victory for effective transit, the MTA has decided to build a tunnel under All Faiths Cemetery for the Interborough Express. This will benefit riders for decades to come. Includes a quote from ETA’s Alon Levy.

ETA's Madison Feinberg was featured in the NYT explaining that Amtrak is playing Whac-a-Mole with its Depression-era electrical system. They can't simply tweak it to fix issues like we've seen this summer.

Bloomberg news dives deep into the Great Depression-era designs of wiring on the Northeast Corridor using ETA’s report.

Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and a broad coalition of legal experts, potential plaintiffs, and advocates announced they are exploring all legal avenues, including multiple lawsuits, to resume New York City’s congestion pricing plan, which Governor Kathy Hochul walked back at the eleventh hour. ETA is a proud part of the coalition, and is quoted in the press release.

A 515-foot tunnel beneath All Faiths Cemetery would slightly increase the cost of the project in exchange for "enormous" service benefits, a new report argues.