Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

BRT Moving Ahead but City Pushes Back the Timeline a Bit

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 13, 2007 | 7 Comments

Dept. of Transportation Comissioner Janette Sadik-Khan tells NY1 Transit reporter Bobby Cuza that New York City and the MTA still plan to implement a Bus Rapid Transit program, with or without Albany’s approval of congestion pricing. In an e-mail to Streetsblog, Cuza also adds: They’re clearly going back and giving the program some more thought. […]

Dollars for Democracy on Brian Lehrer Today

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 13, 2007 | No Comments

Today at 11:20am Brian Lehrer digs deeper into the story, published first here on Streetsblog, that congestion pricing opponent Richard Brodsky received more contributions from parking industry interests than any other New York State Assembly Member. You can tune in online. From the WNYC web site: What’s the connection between campaign contributions and policy making? […]

Details of Proposed Bus Service Expansion

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 9 Comments

The other day I noted that one of the most destructive pieces of misinformation floating around the New York State Assembly is this line from Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s congestion pricing report: The City has no plan to improve mass transit prior to the implementation of congestion pricing. This is a serious if not fatal […]

It’s Alive. It’s Dead. It’s Three Men in a Room!

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 11, 2007 | 10 Comments

Erik Engquist at Crain’s says a potential deal is in the works that would nix Gov. Spitzer’s call for campaign finance reform and give Albany legislators a long-sought pay raise in return for congestion pricing approval. An Assembly Member that I spoke with this morning, however, says that congestion pricing is totally dead or, as […]

Brodsky Attacks Critics of His Congestion Pricing Study

By Jason Varone | Jul 11, 2007 | 41 Comments

On the Brian Lehrer show this morning, Assembly Member Richard Brodsky brushed off reports of his parking industry campaign contributions and TA, RPA and Streetsblog’s substantive criticism of his congestion pricing study as a "personal attack." Here’s a transcript: Brian Lehrer: Streetsblog, the website, reported yesterday that over the past five years you have accepted […]

London Releases Its Fifth Annual Congestion Pricing Study

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 11, 2007 | 2 Comments

Transport for London is out today with its fifth annual Congestion Charging Impacts Monitoring Report. If you’ve never seen any of the previous reports, it’s worth a look. The 279-page document — you can download the whole thing here — provides a remarkably detailed assessment of the overall performance of London’s surface transportation system […]

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