Congestion Pricing
Basics
Who is the Livable Streets Candidate?
It's Super Duper Tuesday, primary election day here in New York. If you're still mulling your options and trying to figure out who the best candidate on Livable Streets issues is, Damien Newton of Street Heat L.A. and the editor of soon-to-be-launched Streetsblog Los Angeles, dug up the positions of the Democrats and Republicans for us. Grist and the Los Angeles Times have also done some nice candidate round-ups.
February 5, 2008
Bloomberg Touches on Safe Streets, Pricing in State of the City
Mayor Bloomberg delivered his seventh State of the City Address yesterday morning at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The speech had several nuggets of news and info related to livable streets issues.
January 18, 2008
Weiner and Wylde Square Off in Pricing Forum
Four veterans of the congestion pricing wars went toe-to-toe at the Museum of the City of New York Wednesday night -- the last showdown before the Congestion Mitigation Commission releases its draft proposals today.
January 10, 2008
Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free
"If you were to design the ultimate system, you would have mass transit be free and charge an enormous amount for cars."
December 18, 2007
Congestion Pricing Will Make You Happy
An op/ed by Eduardo Porter in today's New York Times makes a passing suggestion that by reducing the number of people who do solo car commutes, congestion pricing would make New Yorkers happier.
November 12, 2007
Fact Check: Congestion Pricing is Not a “Regressive Tax”
One of the most oft-repeated slams against congestion pricing we heard at this week's Congestion Mitigation Committee hearings is that congestion pricing would be a "regressive tax," an unfair burden to poorer New Yorkers.
November 2, 2007
Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax
New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will
declare his support today for a national carbon tax, according to a
report posted this morning on the New York Times City Room blog by
metro reporter Sewell Chan:
November 2, 2007
Weiner’s Congestion Testimony: Anything But Pricing
If nothing else, gridlocked traffic is a good marketing opportunity for Oscar Mayer's Wienermobile.
November 1, 2007
Queens Civic Congress Has Its Own Plan
No one who comes before the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission is going to admit to liking congestion. If they're against the mayor's congestion-pricing plan, they are usually going to come up with some kind of alternative.
October 31, 2007
Who Are Anti-Pricing Pols Really Looking Out For?
Responding to some politicians' claims that congestion pricing is a "regressive tax" that would impact "working stiffs" who must drive to their jobs, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Pratt Center for Community Development have compiled data, broken down by district, showing that the vast majority of commuters in New York City and surrounding counties would not be affected by a congestion pricing fee. In district after district, the stats show that most people either work somewhere other than the proposed pricing zone or commute to the CBD via transit, carpooling or other means. Fact sheets are available for City Council, State Assembly and Senate, and US Congressional districts.
October 19, 2007