Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

86th Street: The Congestion Pricing Battle Line

By Glenn McAnanama | May 29, 2007 | 10 Comments

The 86th Street border of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed congestion pricing zone is emerging as the northern front of an increasingly intense political battle. Last week, Upper East Side City Council Member Jessica Lappin worried that congestion pricing would bring a "crush of cars circling around 86th Street looking for parking spots." Over on the West […]

How Many New Yorkers Actually Commute to the CBD by Auto?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 29, 2007 | 8 Comments

If you are planning to write a letter urging your local City Council Member to support Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal, the chart below will be useful to you. Based on 2000 census data, it shows the percentage of New York City workers who commute to work by car into Manhattan south of 60th Street […]

NY1’s “Inside City Hall” on Congestion Pricing

By Jason Varone | May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

Inside City Hall, a daily political show on NY1, filed this report last night on congestion pricing, traffic enforcement, and PlaNYC. Their report highlights the flawed Quinnipiac poll and the mayor responded, "City government is supposed to lead, state government is supposed to lead, federal government is supposed to lead, not do polls and and […]

Streetsblog Publisher Puts up $250K to Push PlaNYC

By Aaron Naparstek | May 25, 2007 | 3 Comments

Mark Gorton, founder and executive director of the Open Planning Project, the publisher of Streetsblog, has agreed to match up to $250,000 in donations to a Transportation Alternatives campaign promoting Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030. Today’s Crain’s Insider reports: It is the largest known individual effort to help support the plan. The organization began its fund-raising […]

Groups Dispute Quinnipiac Poll Findings on Congestion Pricing

By Jason Varone | May 24, 2007 | 7 Comments

The Campaign for New York’s Future and The Partnership For New York City both disputed findings from a Quinnipiac University poll of New Yorkers on congestion pricing. Kathryn S. Wylde, President and CEO of The Partnership for New York City released this statement: Contrary to those who want to put their head in the sand […]

New Quinnipiac Poll Measures Opinion on Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | May 24, 2007 | 6 Comments

Quinnipiac has a new survey out this morning showing that 90 percent of New Yorkers feel that traffic is a "serious problem" but a majority of voters, by a 56 to 37 percent margin, oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to charge $8 to drive in to Manhattan south of 86th Street. The poll also shows a […]

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