Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free

RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study

By John Kaehny | Oct 19, 2007 | 9 Comments

On Wednesday, Jeffrey Zupan, Regional Plan Association’s transportation analyst, issued a comprehensive rebuttal of the main traffic reducing measures proposed in Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free’s anti-congestion pricing report, “Alternative Approaches to Traffic Congestion Mitigation in the Manhattan Central Business District." Thanks to Zupan, Transportation Alternatives and other critics, four fundamental problems with the Keep […]

Parking Reform Alone Won’t Solve Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

Room Eight contributor and Streetsblog commenter Larry Littlefield has a thorough critique of the congestion pricing alternatives released last week by anti-pricing group Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free. Proponents of congestion pricing, who would probably otherwise support many the alternative’s ideas, immediately blasted it for being what it probably is –- a red herring designed […]

Fact Remains: No Congestion Pricing = No Federal Funds

By John Kaehny | Oct 15, 2007 | 7 Comments

Last week, the parking garage industry-funded group Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free issued its latest salvo against congestion pricing. The report begins: Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free proposes a cost-effective, efficient, fair and practical alternative plan that will address the problems posed by congestion in New York City and exceed the guidelines imposed by the […]

Here is the Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Report

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 12, 2007 | 3 Comments

The report that we summarized this morning, Alternative Approaches to Traffic Congestion Mitigation in the Manhattan Central Business District, can be downloaded here in its entirety.

Anti-Congestion Pricing Group Suggests Alternatives

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 12, 2007 | 19 Comments

While waiting for Walter McCaffrey to send over an official version (he sent it — download it here), we managed to get a hold of a bootleg copy of the executive summary of the Committee to Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free’s new report. Willie Neuman has a write-up of the report in the Times today […]

Congestion Pricing, Hashed Out Over Pints

By Brad Aaron | Oct 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

It wasn’t your typical congestion pricing forum, but last night about 50 people got to hear the pros and cons of the Bloomberg plan debated in a relaxed, informal setting, with instructions from the moderators to keep drinking. The event, sponsored by the London-based Institution of Civil Engineers, brought together two proponents and two critics […]

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