Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

City Transit Commuters: A Modest Assessment

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2007 | 17 Comments

Given some of the unfathomable declarations floated in the name of opposition to congestion pricing ("We have to do something about the pedestrians"), it’s hard not to wonder what goes on in the minds of those who so passionately reject any perceived infringement upon their "right" to clog the streets and poison the air for […]

Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

From WCBS-TV via Second Ave. Sagas: The pressure has been mounting on the legislature to pass the mayor’s [congestion pricing] proposal, but when lawmakers are under pressure they tend to get creative … CBS 2 HD learned that a number of alarmed lawmakers are floating creative ways to ease traffic and reduce pollution without […]

If Congestion Pricing Had to be Approved by a Legislature…

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 14, 2007 | 11 Comments

In the fall of 2005, prior to Mayor Bloomberg’s second term election victory, I began working on a story for New York Magazine about the broad-based coalition that was coming together to push for congestion pricing and a whole array of new urban environmental policies for New York City. While that story never quite came […]

StreetFilms: “I Have the Right to Breathe Clean Air”

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

This Streetfilm, produced for The Campaign for New York’s Future, speaks for itself. But it’s worth noting its emphasis on (1) the fact that congestion pricing, while new to the United States, is a success in other parts of the world (and not only London); and (2) that traffic is choking the city, figuratively and […]

New TV Ad Focuses on PlaNYC’s Health Benefits

By Jason Varone | Jun 12, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Campaign for New York’s Future has released a new poll, a glossy mailer that’ll go out to 380,000 families, and a television advertisement focusing on the health benefits of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030. The Daily Politics has a nice write-up: With time running out up in Albany and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver saying he […]

City Holds Its Breath for Silver

By Brad Aaron | Jun 12, 2007 | 9 Comments

At the end of last week it appeared Mayor Bloomberg was on the verge of pulling it off. Having scored a congestion pricing bill in the state Senate, coaxed a cautious endorsement from the governor, and all but securing a near half-billion dollar pledge from Washington, Bloomberg sailed into Friday’s state Assembly hearings on a […]

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