Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about congestion pricing

Assembly Member Bobby Carroll (inset) supports congestion pricing.

AM Carroll: ‘I’m Willing to Take the Heat’ to Support Congestion Pricing

By Assembly Member Robert Carroll | Sep 27, 2022 | No Comments

Car ownership is up, transit use is down, and for-hire vehicles and delivery trucks clog our streets like never before. If done correctly, congestion pricing can make New York City more livable, and fund public transportation. If done incorrectly, it risks being a regressive form of taxation with limited benefits.

That's a power breakfast. Photo: Buck Ennis/Crain's New York Business

Thursday’s Headlines: Congestion Pricing Deniers Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams picked a weird time to suddenly pretend that he doesn't support congestion pricing. Plus other stories.

"Gridlock" Sam Schwartz thinks he has a way of reducing the truck impact on The Bronx from congestion pricing.

‘Gridlock’ Sam: Give Truckers Credits So Congestion Toll Doesn’t Add to Bronx Pollution

By Dave Colon | Sep 14, 2022 | No Comments

"The only way congestion pricing would send trucks to the Cross Bronx is if the congestion charge exceeded current tolls," said the former city Traffic Commissioner.

Assembly Member Robert Carroll (left), Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (center) and State Senator Andrew Gounardes (right) at a rally for congestion pricing on Thursday. Photo: Dave Colon

Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

According to the recently-released environmental assessment, the more wholesale exemptions or upstream toll credits that are doled out to certain classes of drivers, the more everyone else will shell out. But "no exemption" hardliners are hard to find right now.

The Lincoln Tunnel would see less vehicular traffic under the congestion pricing scenario modeled for vehicle emissions in the MTA's environmental assessment. Photo: By Josiah Lau - Flickr.com via Wikimedia Commons

ANALYSIS: Congestion Pricing Will Lead to Better Air Quality in The Bronx

By Charles Komanoff and Daniel Gutman | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

Emissions will lessen in five neighboring counties — with health benefits all around.

This won't be the Upper East Side, the MTA says.

Mythbuster: Congestion Pricing Study Shows Neighborhoods Won’t Be Flooded With Desperate Parkers

By Dave Colon | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Time to park this fear in the dustbin of history.

Show More Stories