Alex Matthiessen appears in the following:
Unpacking the Two Proposals To Fix Mass Transit
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
One way to fix the broken subway system? Congestion pricing. Will Bredderman on the proposed plan to tax traffic coming into Manhattan in order to fix NYC's transportation problems.
Rethinking Tolls Around New York
Friday, March 25, 2016
The "Move New York Fair Plan" (once known as "congestion pricing") has been introduced as legislation in Albany. Hear what's in the works and whether the bill has legs.
Congestion Pricing: If At First You Don't Succeed...
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Sam Schwartz & Alex Matthiessen talk about MoveNY's proposal to fund bridge and road repairs and ease congestion in Manhattan by putting new tolls in place on the East River bridges.
Underreported: Update on the Newtown Creek Oil Spill
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Alex Matthiessen, president of Riverkeeper, gives us an update on the Newtown Creek oil spill.
Drilling, Dredging and New York’s Water
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Two issues pertaining to water in New York are coming to a head. Riverkeeper president Alex Matthiessen, discusses natural gas drilling in the watershed and the cleanup of PCB's in the Hudson River. ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten has been covering the drilling issue and his latest report is ...
Underreported Update: Newtown Creek
Thursday, April 16, 2009
We take a look at the status of cleanup efforts in the heavily polluted Newtown creek on Brooklyn/Queens border. Alex Matthiessen and Phillip Musegaas are with the Riverkeeper organization.
Underreported Update: Newtown Creek Oil Spill
Thursday, September 18, 2008
The worst oil spill in U.S. history happened right here in New York City, at Newtown Creek in Brooklyn. Find out how cleanup efforts are going, whether Greenpoint residents should be worried about negative health effects, and why Newtown Creek might have a new problem to deal with – illegal ...