Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Will Pricing Be on the Agenda of Newly-Appointed Ravitch Commission?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 13, 2008 | 8 Comments

Earlier this week Governor David Paterson announced appointees to the Ravitch Commission. The 13-member body, headed by former MTA Chair Richard Ravitch, is charged with researching and recommending revenue streams for the MTA in the wake of congestion pricing’s initial defeat at the hands of Assembly Democrats. At least four commission members can probably — […]

“Kheel Plan II” to Revive Free Transit Proposal for ’09 Races

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 2, 2008 | 26 Comments

“In for a penny, in for a pound” is how the Brits express what we Americans less elegantly call “the whole hog”: why do something halfway when you might as well go all the way? That’s the thinking behind Ted Kheel’s free-transit proposal. If an $8 congestion fee, as unsuccessfully proposed recently by Mayor […]

Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2008 | 6 Comments

Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets? Early this year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office announced across-the-board reductions in the number of government-issued parking placards that could be allotted to city employees. And while the city looks to be following through with the cuts — to the chagrin of some among the entitled motoring class — […]

Jeffries Declines to Field Questions at G Train Rally

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments

The Observer reports from last night’s G Train rally, organized by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries: Almost 100 G riders kicked off a month-long campaign to increase service on the "forgotten stepchild" of the New York subway system, as Mr. Jeffries and others have called it. "It’s important to increase the intensity of the public campaign," Mr. […]

Hakeem Jeffries Responds to Congestion Pricing Critics

By Streetsblog | May 21, 2008 | 34 Comments

From today’s Crain’s Insider: Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who is holding a rally this evening for better G train service, is drawing fire from transit advocates because of his opposition to congestion pricing. Streetsblog commenters plan to confront him at the rally. "Simply because one did not support the mayor’s version of congestion pricing does not […]

State Sen. Martin Connor Secretly “Supported” Pricing All Along

By Ben Fried | May 21, 2008 | 20 Comments

With state primary campaigns ramping up, Observer political reporter Azi Paybarah seems to be everywhere with his video camera. In this clip from a debate held by Democracy for New York City, he captures State Senator Martin Connor, who represents lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, in an unprompted admission of legislative cowardice. While fielding […]

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