Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Driving to the Hospital Is Already Expensive

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2008 | 21 Comments

Adding an $8 congestion fee to already steep parking rates will speed trips for vehicles that really need to get to the hospital. On Monday, Rohit Aggarwala explained to City Council members that most New Yorkers would have an easier time getting to the hospital if congestion pricing takes effect. Here’s another reason not to […]

Today Is the Day to Call Your Reps

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2008 | 4 Comments

The anti-pricing side is pulling out all the stops, robo-calling New Yorkers and urging them to call City Council members. For good reason: With a congestion pricing vote expected in the council on Monday, today is the last day for constituents to speak up. Don’t let pricing foes get the last word. If your council […]

Robots Against Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 27, 2008 | 20 Comments

A Streetsblog reader on the Upper West Side of Manhattan tells us that he just received an anti-congestion pricing robo-call on his home phone. No word on whose voice was being used, who is funding it, or what districts are being called. This much we know: I just received an automated call opposing congestion pricing. […]

Obama Endorses Pricing as “Thoughtful and Innovative”

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2008 | 7 Comments

Last month Barack Obama released details of a vaguely encouraging transportation platform, pledging investment in rail and "livable communities." Today the Democratic presidential candidate endorsed congestion pricing. In town for a speech and fundraising events, Obama was introduced at Cooper Union by Mayor Bloomberg this morning. WNYC reports: Speaking not far from Wall Street, Barack […]

Queens Pols Rally to Keep Using Gioia’s District as Their Doormat

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 27, 2008 | 12 Comments

Tony Avella, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz, David Weprin "and other possible members of the Queens Delegation" are holding an anti-congestion pricing rally tomorrow morning at 8:00 on the Queens side of the 59th Street Bridge, according to an e-mail from the Queens Civic Congress. Notably, Eric Gioia (right), who represents the traffic-burdened district where the […]

Pro-Pricing PAC Puts Pols on Notice

By Ben Fried | Mar 27, 2008 | 18 Comments

De Blasio, Jeffries, Gerson, Millman: Will they tarnish their environmental records by voting against pricing? The New York League of Conservation Voters announced earlier this month that it is forming a new political action committee called Climate Action PAC. Sitting at the top of the PAC’s legislative agenda: getting congestion pricing passed. When it comes […]

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