Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission

Assembly Member Deborah Glick: Angry Fence-Sitter

By Brad Aaron | | 29 Comments
New Jersey traffic headed toward Chelsea Tuesday evening Constituents of Lower Manhattan Assembly Member Deborah Glick have a lot to gain from congestion pricing, but they should not assume their representative will vote for the plan once (or if) it reaches Albany. Meeting with a group of advocates who traveled from the city yesterday, Glick […]

Gerson: Proposed Pricing Plan Misses the Mark

By Brad Aaron | | 33 Comments
Council Member Alan Gerson says the congestion pricing plan ignores the car-choked Canal Street corridor Yesterday we noted that District 1 City Council Member Alan Gerson was the only Manhattan representative to indicate that he would vote against the congestion pricing plan in its current form, according to an "unofficial roll call" conducted by the […]

Silver Calls Hearing on Pricing and MTA Capital Plan

By Brad Aaron | | 8 Comments
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will hold a hearing Thursday on how congestion pricing revenues would figure into the MTA’s five-year capital plan. He will be joined by anti-pricing Assembly Members Richard Brodsky and Denny Farrell. The Sun reports: The MTA’s executive director, Elliot Sander, who will testify at the hearing, has said Mr. Bloomberg’s plan […]
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