"As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepares to take office, transportation is once again at the center of the conversation about how the city functions and whom it serves. In October, the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) at the City College of New York released the 2025 NYC Mayoral Candidates Transportation Policy Primer & Voter Guide, offering an objective, side-by-side comparison of the major candidates' platforms on transit, street safety, congestion pricing, and other key topics."
"Now, the UTRC has followed that analysis with a companion publication, Three Mobility Wishes for the Mayor of New York City. This new report asks a simple question: what do the city's mobility stakeholders want from the next administration? For the first time, the UTRC invited peer reviewers of the Mayoral Voter Guide representing leading transportation nonprofit advocacy groups and industry associations"
"Despite their diverse perspectives, several common themes appeared in their feedback, which are summarized below. The prominence of public transit, and the mayor-elect's pledge to make the city's transit buses fast and free, made it unsurprising that transit improvements appeared as a top priority among many contributors. Over the past four years, despite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority being managed by the state and the mayor having only four of the 17 appointments to the MTA Board, the Adams administration made significant impacts on transit policy."
The UTRC released a 2025 NYC Mayoral Candidates Transportation Policy Primer and Voter Guide comparing major candidates' platforms on transit, street safety, congestion pricing, and other topics. The UTRC then published Three Mobility Wishes for the Mayor of New York City to gather top priorities from mobility stakeholders. Peer reviewers representing transportation nonprofits and industry associations identified their three priorities, covering congestion pricing, sustainability, freight logistics, and accessibility for people with disabilities. Common themes emerged across diverse perspectives, with public transit improvements and a mayoral pledge to make buses fast and free highlighted as top concerns. The Adams administration previously advanced transit policy despite limited MTA board appointments.
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