Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Find Out Where They Stand: 73 Candidates Reply to TA Transpo Survey

By Ben Fried | Aug 20, 2009 | 11 Comments

If you’re wondering where the Post picked up the news that Mayor Bloomberg is on the record supporting bike-share for New York, head over to the Transportation Alternatives Candidate Survey. You’ll find much more about where the people running for Mayor, Manhattan DA, City Council, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and the borough presidencies stand on transportation […]

District 1 Council Candidates: Safer Streets? Less Traffic? No Thanks.

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2009 | 9 Comments

Reader Ian Dutton sends this dispatch from last night’s candidate debate for the District 1 City Council seat representing Lower Manhattan, organized by the Downtown Express and the Villager. If you’re a District 1 resident who values safer streets and a well-funded transit system, tough luck. Last night at the Council District 1 candidates debate, […]

Time-Polluting Daily News Honcho Goes Public

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 18, 2009 | 17 Comments

Car commuters waste more than emissions. Photo: Kevin Coles/Flickr. In Utah, they flip off forest rangers and wheel their ATV’s onto delicate wilderness trails. In the Virginia exurbs they lounge in air-conditioned trophy homes and write checks to stop carbon taxes. Here in NYC, they find their “Network” moment in a 25-cent bump in MTA […]

Q Poll: Car-Free Times Square a Smash Hit; MTA Skepticism Still High

By Ben Fried | Jul 29, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo: berk2804/Flickr. If you’re a livable streets optimist, you probably suspected that car-free Times Square critics like Andrea Peyser, Susan Dominus, and John Liu were out of touch. After all, most New Yorkers don’t own cars, and many of those who do spend more time as pedestrians than drivers. And really, how many people were […]

Brooklyn Pols Revive Proposal for Residential Permit Parking

By Ben Fried | May 18, 2009 | 16 Comments

On Friday, a trio of local electeds pushed for legislation that would allow New York City to create a residential permit parking system. The Daily News and NY1 picked up the story, and if those reports have you wondering about specifics, that’s because much of the plan has yet to be hammered out. An RPP […]

LaHood: NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money Still There for the Taking

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2009 | 14 Comments

Speaking at an event in Midtown yesterday morning, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood let it be known that New York City can still claim hundreds of millions of dollars in federal transit funding — if local lawmakers implement congestion pricing. NY1 reports: The city was slated to receive about $350 million in federal transportation funds to […]

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