Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission

Word on the Street: Pricing “Like Charging You to Breathe”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

WNYC had a short piece on the upcoming congestion panel vote this morning. It’s a series of "word on the street" comments. Some of them are funny, others not so much. The gist is that a lot of people still don’t know — or don’t believe — that pricing revenues will be invested in transit. […]

Pricing Recs to Include Residential Parking Permits

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

The Congestion Mitigation Commission will vote on a plan today at 3 p.m. A source who has seen the final draft of the Commission’s report tells me that it includes the following recommendations: Congestion pricing revenue goes directly to the MTA. A residential parking permit program with revenues going towards funding streetscape improvements and bike […]

Congestion Panel to Recommend Abbreviated Pricing Plan

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2008 | 20 Comments

Today’s the day. The Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission is expected to sign off on a condensed version of the Bloomberg administration’s original pricing proposal today, one with a northern boundary of 60th Street (rather than 86th) and no charges for trips that begin within Manhattan’s Central Business District. Higher parking rates and a taxi surcharge […]

Lew Fidler’s 9 CARAT STONE Plan Lives!

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2008 | 34 Comments

Move over, Ted Kheel. On the eve of the Congestion Mitigation Commission deadline to sign off on some form of congestion pricing, Lew Fidler tells the Observer he will introduce his own 9 CARAT STONE plan to his colleagues on the City Council tomorrow. The Fidler Tax’n’Tunnel proposal, for those who’ve somehow forgotten, would […]

What Will It Take for Assemblyman Kellner to Vote for Pricing?

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2008 | 12 Comments

Two weeks ago, State Assemblyman Micah Kellner submitted a report to the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission [pdf] detailing his concerns about the two pricing plans in the TCMC’s interim report. Kellner’s district encompasses both of the congestion zone’s proposed northern boundaries, running from 60th Street to about 90th Street, and from 3rd Avenue to the […]

Kheel Planners Detail Free Transit Proposal

By Brad Aaron | Jan 25, 2008 | 30 Comments

Yesterday, Theodore "Ted" Kheel’s traffic plan was officially unveiled with a 52-page report (pdf) outlining his proposal to make transit free via a round-the-clock $16 congestion charge for cars ($32 for trucks) entering Manhattan below 60th Street. The report says Kheel’s "Bolder Plan" would cut CBD traffic by 25 percent, and traffic citywide by nearly […]

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