New Streetsblog Feature: Compact Archives

We’re beginning to roll out some site updates and new features here at Streetblog, with more on the way.  Today’s treat: Compact Archives.  Take a look at archives listing for a category or month, and you should find them more scan-able.  We’ve also updated our search results with the same goal in mind.  Boy, have we written a lot on congestion pricing.

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Keep Hope Alive?

By Aaron Naparstek |
Over at the Daily Politics, Liz Benjamin reports that state leaders are negotiating behind closed doors and congestion pricing is still on the table. City Room is also reporting that Governor Paterson called an emergency meeting and the plan was still under discussion as of 5:45 pm. Streetsblog readers will recall that congestion pricing looked […]

Congestion Pricing Can Help Save Working NYC Families $2,300 Per Year

By Noah Kazis |
Without congestion pricing, fare hikes will hit New York’s many transit-using families hard. Image: Ed Yourdon via Flickr. Without bold action from legislators to fund transit, middle-class New York families will have to spend $2,300 more per year to get around the city even as the quality of the service they’re paying for declines, according […]

If Climate Experts Wrote New York Transportation Policy…

By Noah Kazis |
As Andrew Cuomo transitions into the governorship, David Paterson just handed him a parting gift: a comprehensive blueprint for how the state can tackle its greenhouse gas emissions. The plan, which has been in development since a Paterson executive order in August 2009, goes into spectacular detail about how the state might reach the ambitious […]