Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

With Congestion Pricing, Saving Time Trumps Reducing Pollution

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 6, 2010 | 41 Comments

A prime target of the early environmental movement was car tailpipes. And for good reason. Put a human in a garage with a running auto in the old days, and he or she would pass out within minutes and be dead in an hour. Run a few million vehicles daily in New York or Los […]

NYC Health Department: Traffic Is Poisoning Our Air

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

Estimated fine particle concentrations in winter 2008-2009 In a first of its kind report for the city, the Department of Health has issued a wake-up call for New Yorkers of all stripes: Car and truck traffic is killing us, in more ways than one. Collecting ground-level samples at 150 sites for a community air quality […]

Without Road Pricing, Will the Wheels on the Bus Stop Going ‘Round?

By Ben Fried | Dec 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

The city and state have paid less and less to help kids get to school. Graph of contributions to the student fare program: MTA [PDF]. Hat tip to Ben Kabak at Second Avenue Sagas for plucking this graph from yesterday’s urgent session of the MTA finance committee. It charts where the money comes from for […]

NYC Bridge Tolls: The Solution That Won’t Go Away

By John Kaehny | Dec 9, 2009 | 39 Comments

Is 2010 the year of bridge tolls? Or will it be 2011 or 2012? If the editorial boards and political insiders are even half right, New York State appears to be back on the brink of an epic fiscal crisis. Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch said today that the state faces a deficit of $9 billion […]

Doomsday Redux? MTA and Transit Riders Squeezed on All Sides

By Ben Fried | Dec 8, 2009 | 10 Comments

Yesterday word surfaced that the MTA will receive $200 million less from the recently enacted payroll tax than the state of New York originally projected. The news came less than a week after Albany legislators slashed $143 million from the MTA so the state can keep paying its bills. Add it up, and the agency […]

Taxi Surcharges and Congestion Pricing — They Go Great Together

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 12, 2009 | 15 Comments

The surcharge on NYC medallion taxi fares that took effect this month is a bit like a bases-loaded groundout that scores a run but kills a big inning: It does some good, but a ringing base hit could have done a lot more. Congestion pricing paired with a significant taxi surcharge would speed cab trips […]

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