The New York State Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing on May 16, 2011 with regard to utilizing public-private partnerships in New York State to fund transportation infrastructure projects. AAA New York State testified at the hearing. Click here to view our testimony.

AAA New York State testified before the New York City Fire Department on January 14, 2011 regarding the proposed "Crash Taxes." Click here to read our testimony.

The horrendous state of our roads cost New York drivers an average of $638 more to operate their vehicles in 2007.

New York’s Governor and legislative leaders recently agreed to an MTA bai

A new state commission charged with rescuing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) finances recently trotted out an old idea. It wants to let the MTA toll its way out of its financial mess by charging higher tolls on existing facilities and putting new tolls on New York’s toll-free East River and Harlem River bridges. It also wants to go a step further by putting future toll and fare hikes on automatic pilot. Under its plan, toll and fare increases would occur regularly with no oversight.

The crux of the plan apparently rests on the notion that drivers don’t pay enough to support transit and should chip in much more to bail out the MTA. Proponents argue that it’s a “balanced” plan, but the truth is that drivers already pay a great deal to stabilize transit fares.

 
As many as 56 percent of deadly vehicle crashes involve one or more unsafe driving behaviors typically associated with aggressive driving, according to a new analysis released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.