Open Thread: Congestion Pricing Stalled
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Open Thread: What Are Your Reps Saying About Pricing?
By Brad Aaron |
Hopefully a lot of electeds are hearing from Streetsbloggers today. We’d love to know the responses you’re getting. To get the ball rolling, here’s an account from Streetsblog’s Jason Varone: I just got off a lengthy phone call with a staffer at Joan Millman’s Albany office. She was very pretty well versed on the subject […]
New York City Kids Sing Their Support for Congestion Pricing
By Jason Varone |
Environmental Defense, who are responsible for this excellent report on the health effects of autmobile traffic and these effective billboards, present this video of New York City kids urging lawmakers in Albany to pass congestion pricing. "Sheldon Silver do you care about the quality of our air?"
Highlights From This Week’s Mobilizing the Region
By Jason Varone |
The latest issue of Mobilizing the Region digs in to the arguments of congestion pricing foes. Some highlights: NYC: Debunking the Alternatives Instead of heading to Albany and working out legislation to ensure NYC receives federal aid for transit and congestion pricing, State Assemblymembers’ offered their own "alternatives" to Mayor Bloomberg’s pricing proposal. Policy groups […]
T.A. and the Campaign for New York’s Future Rally for Congestion Pricing
By Jason Varone |
The clock is ticking. If you do one thing to help win a healthier city for this generation and the next, join us on Sunday. Join Transportation Alternatives and the Campaign for New York’s Future this Sunday morning as we rally at City Hall to win the last-minute passage of congestion pricing. With only a […]
LaHood: NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking
By Ben Fried |
Speaking at an event in Midtown yesterday morning, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood let it be known that New York City can still claim hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transit funding — if local lawmakers implement congestion pricing. NY1 reports: The city was slated to receive about $350 million in federal transportation funds to […]
Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study
By Jason Varone |
On the Brian Lehrer show this morning, Assembly Member Richard Brodsky brushed off reports of his parking industry campaign contributions and TA, RPA and Streetsblog’s substantive criticism of his congestion pricing study as a "personal attack." Here’s a transcript: Brian Lehrer: Streetsblog, the website, reported yesterday that over the past five years you have accepted […]