Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Chicago Gets NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 29, 2008 | 19 Comments

The New York State Assembly is doing a great job… for the people of Chicago. Remember the $354.5 million federal grant that New York City was going to get to implement congestion pricing before the deal collapsed in Albany? US DOT Secretary Mary Peters announced today that Chicago will receive $153 million of New York […]

Survey Finds New Yorkers Anxious About Congestion and Safety

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2008 | 13 Comments

Following a three day period that saw three pedestrian fatalities in Brooklyn — preceded by two cyclist deaths in Manhattan one week earlier — the Citizens Committee for New York City has released its annual "Speak Out New York" survey, citing pedestrian safety as one of two top concerns of city residents. The number one […]

Glick’s Excuse: Everything But the Kitchen Sink

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2008 | 45 Comments

Welcome to Glickville As Deborah Glick herself would tell you, no state legislator had more reason to support congestion pricing than she did. In a district where 95.4 percent of working residents would not have paid the charge, where households with a car are outnumbered by households sans vehicle three to one, and which nonetheless […]

Did Reporters Ever Dig Beneath Brodsky’s Populist Rhetoric?

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2008 | 12 Comments

This weekend, in a bizarre profile of congestion pricing’s alpha opponent, Richard Brodsky, the New York Times did little to counter the Westchester Assemblyman’s populist rhetoric. The piece, by reporter Joseph Berger, is full of odd editorializing, and appears to reprint some of Brodsky’s talking points part and parcel without attribution: Park Avenue co-op owners […]

Will Richard Ravitch Resurrect Congestion Pricing?

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2008 | 8 Comments

Marc Shaw, former chair of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, caused something of a stir in the local press on Friday, when he predicted that congestion pricing would "rise again" as a proposal to toll East River bridges and a cordon across 60th street. Speaking at a panel discussion at the RPA’s Regional Assembly, Shaw […]

Kheel to Push Free Transit Pricing Plan in ’09 Mayoral Race

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2008 | 12 Comments

As former deputy mayor and Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Chair Marc Shaw predicts that congestion pricing may re-emerge soon in the form a proposal to toll 60th Street and the East River bridges, the Daily Politics reports that Ted Kheel is planning to put up $1 million to promote his free transit plan heading into […]

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