Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

City Issues Call for Pricing Tech Designs

By Brad Aaron | Aug 28, 2007 | 31 Comments

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg announced that the city would today issue a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for firms "with the ability to perform all or most of the services required to design, implement, operate and maintain a congestion pricing program." Though RFEI submissions will not constitute actual bids for contract, the city is hinting that […]

Congestion Pricing News of the World

By Jason Varone | Aug 27, 2007 | 4 Comments

We can barely keep up with the international congestion pricing headlines these days: Mumbai, India to Charge Fees for Driving (Mumbai Newsline) Finland: Half of Helsinki Backs Congestion Charge (Newsroom Finland) New Zealand: Pricing Could Ease Traffic Jams, New Study Suggests (Scoop) Singapore: LTA to Expand Electronic Road Pricing (Channel NewsAsia) Charleston E-ZPass Bill Sets […]

DOT Seeks Assistant Commissioner for Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

Here’s a job listing you’re not going to find on Craigslist Westchester or in the Queens Tribune: The New York City Department of Transportation’s new Office of Planning and Sustainability is (or was) looking for an Assistant Commissioner for Congestion Pricing. Salary: $130,000 to $150,000. No word on whether you get a government-issued parking placard […]

Lew Fidler Laments Impending Loss of Parking Permit

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Daily Politics’ Liz Benjamin captured this little off-the-cuff gem in her interview yesterday with Brooklyn Council member Lew Fidler. Fidler, who called the 17-member congestion pricing commission "a sham," is emerging as one of City Council’s most outspoken congestion pricing critics: "I am not retiring, but I have not decided what I’m going to […]

Legislator Wants New Jersey Rep on Pricing Panel

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2007 | 14 Comments

From the Star-Ledger: The leader of the New Jersey Senate called on New York yesterday to find a seat on its 17-member congestion pricing commission for a representative from New Jersey. Senate President Richard J. Codey said 250,000 New Jersey commuters a day would be affected if New York approves congestion pricing. "This is a […]

Remainder of Federal Pot Goes to Toll Plans

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2007 | 6 Comments

Florida officials say HOT lanes are the answer to SoFla I-95 congestion Before she went on television to turn the Minnesota bridge tragedy into a partisan talking point, US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters was perhaps best known — or was, at least, recognized more fondly — in these parts as the official who heaped $354M […]

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