Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

Wednesday: Ask the City Council to Pass the “Bikes in Buildings Bill”

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2008 | 13 Comments

Tomorrow morning, Transportation Alternatives will hold a City Hall rally in support of the "Bikes in Buildings Bill." The bill, introduced in 2006 by Council Member David Yassky, would require owners or managers of "any building" to make "reasonable provisions" for bike access. The bill is intended to supplement a still-pending Department of City Planning […]

Bloomberg Relieves Council Mems of Reserved Parking as NYPD Rants

By Brad Aaron | Aug 14, 2008 | 13 Comments

Hours after yesterday’s Daily News broke the story of four City Council members having designated street parking near their offices, Mayor Bloomberg quashed the perk. Wrote Liz Benjamin on The Daily Politics: Bloomberg said he talked to DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan after reading about the free spaces in this morning’s DN and told her "we’ve […]

City Council Passes Congestion Pricing. Next Stop: Albany.

By Ben Fried | Mar 31, 2008 | 60 Comments

The City Council has voted 30-20 to approve the home rule message sending congestion pricing to the state legislature. Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives gave us the full roll call, after the jump.

Pricing Clears Committee, Moves to Full Council Tonight

By Ben Fried | Mar 31, 2008 | 8 Comments

The Committee on State and Federal Legislation has voted in favor of the congestion pricing home rule message. Tonight, the full City Council will decide whether the state legislature can vote on the real bill. Transportation Alternatives’ Noah Budnick is on the scene and providing us with updates. The Daily Politics is getting the news […]

Council to Vote on Pricing Later Today [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 16 Comments

From the Daily Politics: Multiple sources tell the DN’s City Hall bureau that the Council is going to go forward with a vote on congestion pricing this afternoon despite the fact that it has not received assurances from the state Legislature that the issue will be taken up in the Senate, and, perhaps more importantly, […]

Best View Yet of Potential Transit Improvements

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2008 | 16 Comments

View an enlarged version of this map Together at last: Pre-congestion pricing short-term transit enhancements and MTA capital projects in one map! The graphic comes courtesy of the Regional Plan Association, which made the map for an insert touting pricing [PDF] placed in the Legislative Gazette this Monday by Environmental Defense, TWU Local 100, and […]

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