Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Stockholm newspaper front pages, before and three weeks after congestion pricing took effect. Image: Jonas Eliasson

Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in Action

By David Meyer | Nov 28, 2017 | 5 Comments

Stockholm transportation director Jonas Eliasson has some advice for New York politicians worried about diving into congestion pricing: Just do it. Eliasson steered the implementation of congestion pricing in Stockholm in 2006. From that vantage point, he watched a skeptical public quickly embrace the policy as soon as they saw it in action.

Look how happy riding the subway makes you, Mr. Mayor. Photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office

De Blasio Can Build a Progressive Transportation Legacy, But Not If He Kills Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Nov 8, 2017 | 54 Comments

For all his straining effort to paint himself as a progressive leader, the mayor's signature transportation initiatives have done little for New York City's working class.

Bucking de Blasio, Speaker Candidates Support Congestion Pricing

By David Meyer | Nov 1, 2017 | 4 Comments

Mayor de Blasio is pulling out all the stops to frame congestion pricing as a "regressive tax," even though low-income New Yorkers stand to gain enormously. Not a single contender for council speaker is on the same page as the mayor. In a debate hosted by Crain's this morning, they all signaled support for congestion pricing, with a few caveats.

Sanders and de Blasio on the A train this morning. Photo: Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in Action

De Blasio Can Build a Progressive Transportation Legacy, But Not If He Kills Congestion Pricing

Bucking de Blasio, Speaker Candidates Support Congestion Pricing

Bernie Sanders Throws His Weight Behind de Blasio’s Hollow Transit Populism

De Blasio’s Wrong: Poor New Yorkers Stand to Gain a Lot From Congestion Pricing

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