Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year

By Ben Fried | Aug 13, 2008 | 4 Comments

You know a city is getting serious about tackling traffic when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock, which pegged the annual price of traffic at $13 billion, that set off a public debate about congestion pricing that […]

Auto Dealers, Parking Garages and, Well, Lots of Others Fund Shelly

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 21, 2008 | 6 Comments

In case you missed it last week, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is raising bucket-loads of campaign cash — lots more than his two opponents, Paul Newell and Luke Henry. Groups that opposed congestion pricing are, no surprise, among some of the most enthusiastic contributors. The Times reported: Like Mr. Paterson and Mr. […]

New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 9, 2008 | 4 Comments

London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee […]

Transit Activist Gary Reilly in the Hunt for City Council Seat

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2008 | 20 Comments

Gary Reilly, the Brooklynite whose petition drive for subway service improvements drew thousands of signatures last summer, is running to replace term-limited Bill de Blasio on the City Council. A Carroll Gardens resident and neighborhood blogger, Reilly has made transit the centerpiece of his campaign. "For me, investment in transportation infrastructure is the key to […]

High Gas Prices Won’t Cure Gridlock

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 3, 2008 | 19 Comments

It’s the New Math: a dollar-a-trip rise in the cost of fuel for a car trip to Manhattan is cutting traffic almost as much as Mayor Bloomberg’s eight-dollar toll plan would have done. Too good to be true, right? But that’s the slant of the front-page headline in today’s Times, "Politics Failed, but Fuel Prices […]

Skelos Ascension Clouds Prospect of Pricing Revival

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2008 | 19 Comments

Yesterday, retiring New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno handed the reins to Deputy Leader Dean Skelos, Republican from Nassau County. Though some see this unforeseen development as an opportunity to move on much-needed reforms in Albany, it’s not great news for advocates of congestion pricing. If Governor Paterson looks to revive pricing via […]

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