Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Assembly Member David Weprin had trouble sticking to his anti-congestion pricing talking points as congestion pricing and street safety advocates counter-protested his rally on Sunday. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Congestion Pricing Opponents Reveal They Are Completely Out of Ideas — And Easily Flustered, Too!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 24, 2019 | 60 Comments

Assembly Members David Weprin and Rodneyse Bichotte tried to rally opposition to Gov. Cuomo's toll plan, but ended up getting shouted down by scores of supporters of congestion pricing.

Congestion pricing supporter Senator Brian Benjamin rolls his eyes as his Assembly colleague Rodneyse Bichotte says she opposes the plan because it supposedly is a tax on working people (it's not). Photo: Mayor's office

If Congestion Pricing Fails, Remember These Insane Comments by Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 21, 2019 | 28 Comments

More wrongheadedness and fealty to the car-owning minority from a Brooklyn Assembly Member.

KOMANOFF: Congestion Pricing Will NOT Fill Upper Manhattan With Suburbanites Cruising for Parking

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 21, 2019 | 19 Comments

Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.

New York as it was ... and as it will likely be.

Congestion Pricing IS New York’s Green New Deal

By Charles Komanoff and Jeff Blum | Mar 20, 2019 | 9 Comments

Here's another reason for fence-sitters to jump into the congestion pricing fray as the deal is being made in Albany in the next week.

MTA New York City Transit's Andy Byford and Sally Librera. Photo: Ben Verde

MTA: Improved Subway Service Boosts Our Pitch for Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Mar 18, 2019 | No Comments

The subways are getting better, which mutes the voice of some lawmakers who argue that the MTA can't be trusted with congestion pricing revenue.

Carl Heastie and his Democratic conference. Photo: Amirabbady00/Wikimedia Commons

Q&A: Will Carl Heastie Lead on Congestion Pricing? Don’t Count on It.

By David Meyer | Mar 14, 2019 | 6 Comments

Streetsblog spoke with the Speaker on Wednesday in his Albany office.

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