Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

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Eight Reasons Why Congestion Pricing Goes Great With the Fast Forward Plan to Fix NYC Transit

By Charles Komanoff | May 29, 2018 | 12 Comments

Andy Byford's Fast Forward NYC plan to modernize subways and buses has set the stage for congestion pricing in the 2019 Albany session.

A Better Taxi Surcharge: More Congestion Reduction, Less Pain for Cab Drivers

By Charles Komanoff | May 1, 2018 | No Comments

A better, fairer for-hire vehicle surcharge would raise the fee when congestion is most intense and charge more for vehicles that spend longer in the congestion zone.

Coming Soon to NYC: Rolling Advertisements for Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2018 | 5 Comments

Elected officials may not have a handle on how valuable New York City street space is, but the private sector sure does.

Missing in action on congestion pricing: Daniel O'Donnell, Richard Gottfried, Yuh-Line Niou, and Deborah Glick.

The Manhattan Assembly Members Who Were MIA on Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Apr 16, 2018 | 4 Comments

The failure to enact congestion pricing was a setback for the whole city, but no borough got a worse deal than Manhattan. And yet, as this deal was being negotiated, Manhattan elected officials didn't make a peep.

Oh no, the costly bureaucracy. Photo of Stockholm congestion toll gantry via FHWA

Setting Up a Cordon Toll Would Pay for Itself in a Few Months

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 10, 2018 | 2 Comments

NYU's Mitchell Moss says a congestion pricing cordon toll would be "massive and costly." Au contraire.

State Senator Brad Hoylman. Photo: Kelsey Williams/Wikimedia Commons

Brad Hoylman: Until Albany Passes Congestion Pricing, “We’re Not Going to See Any Reduction in Traffic”

By David Meyer | Apr 9, 2018 | 2 Comments

The state senator was the lone Democratic vote against the state budget.

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