Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

From a Sea of Green, Bloomberg Works a Tough Room

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2007 | 24 Comments

Flanked by dozens, if not hundreds, of citizen spectators in bright green "I Breathe and I Vote" t-shirts, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and city staffers this morning made the case for a three-year congestion pricing pilot program to a largely hostile cadre of state Assembly members. Seated alongside ten colleagues in the auditorium of the New […]

First Impressions of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC Testimony…

By John Kaehny | Jun 8, 2007 | 14 Comments

Did you watch Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing testimony before the New York State legislature? If so, what did you think? Here is the initial impression of John Kaehny, former executive director of Transportation Alternatives: Mayor Bloomberg’s advocacy for congestion pricing and public transit to a State assembly panel was the most amazing thing I have […]

Submit a Congestion Pricing Question to Dr. Horodniceanu

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 8, 2007 | 1 Comment

The New York Times Empire Zone is hosting an interactive Q&A this afternoon with Dr. Michael Horodniceanu, a name that Streetsblog readers will recognize from our post-Iris Weinshall DOT commissioner search process rumor-mongering. Help the Times collect some good, smart questions. Here is what they’re doing: We have arranged for Michael Horodniceanu, one of the […]

PlaNYC Testimony Live on NY1 Right Now

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 8, 2007 | 16 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg is presenting his plan for a greater greener New York at the first in a series of Assembly hearings today, where he is pitching his congestion pricing plan, among other aspects of his proposal for a sustainable city. DOT Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller got a nice introduction at the start. Watch it live […]

I Love This Town But…

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | No Comments

Has anyone spotted the new Environmental Defense billboards that are supposedly hanging over the Holland Tunnel and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? If so, send us a photo — bonus points for including lots of traffic in the shot. ED has a new web site, AllChokedUp.org. Here is one of the ads they are running:

PlaNYC and Pricing Legislation Introduced. Download it Here.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 11 Comments

Exclusive to Streetsblog, at least for the next few minutes, here is S. 6068, the New York State Senate’s congestion pricing legislation, or, as it is also known: AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a congestion pricing program in the city of New York; to amend the public […]

Show More Stories