Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Après Congestion Pricing, It’s Time to Look at the Paris Model

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 15, 2008 | 19 Comments

Amsterdam Ave. and 76th St. with street space reallocated to walkers, bikes and buses. When Transportation Alternatives, Project for Public Spaces and the Open Planning Project started the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign nearly three years ago, the plan was to build a movement that would work block-by-block and neighborhood-by-neighborhood to reclaim the city’s […]

Help Wanted: Legislators Needed to Fix Broken Capital

By Ben Fried | Apr 14, 2008 | 28 Comments

Can’t wait for someone to challenge Shelly Silver, Deborah Glick, Hakeem Jeffries, Joan Millman and other members of the Albany crew that didn’t allow congestion pricing to even come up for a vote? Neither can the New York Times. In a scathing editorial published on Saturday, the Times issued a call for change in the […]

Bridge and Tunnel Traffic Drop Tied to Toll Increase

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 14, 2008 | 30 Comments

The Times reported Saturday that vehicle traffic on Port Authority bridges and tunnels declined by 2.9% in March, in the wake of toll increases that took effect on March 2. In typical bizarre fashion, the Times’ lede asks, “Who needs congestion pricing when plain old toll increases seem to do the job?” Why not this […]

De Blasio’s Excuse: There Shoulda Been a Brooklyn Lock Box

By Ben Fried | Apr 11, 2008 | 32 Comments

Yesterday, a reader sent along City Council Member Bill de Blasio’s letter to constituents [PDF] explaining his "Nay" vote on congestion pricing. Plenty of campaign fodder here, should someone who really believes in funding transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements challenge de Blasio in the 2009 race for Brooklyn Borough President. (His known opponent, Charles Barron, […]

Will Pro-Pricing Council Members Suffer for Their Votes?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 10, 2008 | 15 Comments

Should City Council members who voted for congestion pricing fear for their political futures? According to a story in today’s Daily News, some do. City Council members, pressured to approve Mayor Bloomberg’s plan, are left to wonder whether their votes will come back to haunt them. In the days leading up to the vote, members […]

Silver and Assembly Dems Defend Their “Democratic” Process

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2008 | 45 Comments

In the latest New York Observer, Azi Paybarah talks to state legislators and other insiders about how the congestion pricing non-vote went down on Monday. Conclusion: Assembly Democrats told Speaker Sheldon Silver what to do, not the other way around. And by killing the pricing bill behind closed doors, the thinking goes, the Democratic conference […]

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