Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Brodsky Killed Congestion Pricing But We Hurt His Feelings

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2007 | 22 Comments

State Assembly Member Richard Brodsky is displeased by the suggestion that his opposition to New York City’s congestion pricing plan had anything to do with the fact that he has accepted more money from parking industry interests than any other State Assembly Member and that his district houses the wealthiest Manhattan car commuters in New […]

Statement from Mayor Bloomberg on Congestion Pricing Failure

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2007 | 22 Comments

Press conference at 11:30 am today. Here is the Mayor’s statement on the New York State legislature’s failure to act on New York City’s congestion pricing plan: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2007 STATEMENT FROM MAYOR MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ON CONGESTION PRICING AND PLANYC "Although we continue to talk to the Legislature and the Governor, […]

The Introduction of a New Order of Things

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2007 | 5 Comments

In his essay, "Valuing the Commons," Charles Komanoff discusses congestion pricing and carbon taxes and the difficulty in convincing people to pay for their negative externalities. Komanoff wrote it back in June and it’s on Grist this week: What, then, is standing in the way of congestion fees and a national carbon tax? The power […]

State Assembly Meeting in Manhattan to Talk Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 16, 2007 | 4 Comments

Brooklyn Assembly Member Jim Brennan (right) tells me that he sees sentiment against Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan running at about "three- or four-to-one against" among his colleagues. Brennan suspects that the plan may not even pass the Republican-controlled Senate. While Brennan supports congestion pricing himself, he is concerned that advocates have "over-sold the benefits […]

Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing

By Jason Varone | Jul 13, 2007 | 13 Comments

It turns out that pollution-related heart and lung problems aren’t just for poor kids in the Bronx anymore. From yesterday’s New York Times: A study that used the mass of data included in the Women’s Health Initiative found that women who lived in communities with relatively high levels of air pollution in the forms of […]

Highlights From This Week’s Mobilizing the Region

By Jason Varone | Jul 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

The latest issue of Mobilizing the Region digs in to the arguments of congestion pricing foes. Some highlights: NYC: Debunking the Alternatives Instead of heading to Albany and working out legislation to ensure NYC receives federal aid for transit and congestion pricing, State Assemblymembers’ offered their own "alternatives" to Mayor Bloomberg’s pricing proposal. Policy groups […]

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