Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Kossacks Welcome Demise of Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2008 | 45 Comments

You’d think readers of the most popular "progressive" political blog in the country would be in favor of charging drivers to help fund public transportation in the nation’s most transit-rich city. But you’d be wrong. When longtime Daily Kos environmental contributor "greendem" posted on the failure of Albany legislators to approve congestion pricing, the […]

Gene Russianoff on the MTA’s $17.5 Billion Hole

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2008 | 12 Comments

Gene Russianoff, senior attorney for the Straphangers Campaign, talks to Streetsblog about the future of transit funding without congestion pricing. Direct quotes are in quotation marks. Streetsblog: Without pricing, how will the MTA get funded? Russianoff: They currently have a proposed $29.5B capital plan. The vast majority is for stuff that absolutely has to be […]

Lew Fidler: Let’s Get to Work

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2008 | 32 Comments

Here’s more on yesterday’s congestion pricing debacle in Albany, this time from City Council Member Lew Fidler. Direct quotes are in quotation marks. Streetsblog: What’s your reaction to today’s news?Fidler: "Look, it would do nobody any good for one side to gloat and for the other side to sulk. We need to really get to […]

Three Questions for Richard Brodsky

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2008 | 32 Comments

We called Assemblyman Richard Brodsky yesterday to get his comments on the demise of congestion pricing. While he wouldn’t talk to us on the phone, he fielded a few questions over e-mail. Streetsblog: With congestion pricing off the table and the deadline to receive $354M in federal support about to pass, will other traffic mitigation […]

It’s (Apparently) Official: Congestion Pricing Is Dead

By Brad Aaron | Apr 7, 2008 | 43 Comments

Following an evening closed-door meeting in which state leaders discussed congestion pricing one last time today, they emerged announcing no deal had been reached. Here is a statement from Mayor Bloomberg: "Today is a sad day for New Yorkers and a sad day for New York City. Not only won’t we see the realization of […]

Keep Hope Alive?

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 7, 2008 | 6 Comments

Over at the Daily Politics, Liz Benjamin reports that state leaders are negotiating behind closed doors and congestion pricing is still on the table. City Room is also reporting that Governor Paterson called an emergency meeting and the plan was still under discussion as of 5:45 pm. Streetsblog readers will recall that congestion pricing looked […]

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