Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing Bill: Fun With Legalese

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2008 | 27 Comments

After months of following the step-by-step evolution of the congestion pricing proposal, there’s a certain satisfaction in seeing familiar concepts codified in legislative language. To wit, we hope readers who’ve been tracking Streetsblog’s coverage of this topic enjoy these excerpts from the bill. Parse away. On short-term transit improvements: The authority [MTA] shall provide for […]

T.A. Ad Drives It Home … to Westchester

By Brad Aaron | Mar 21, 2008 | 7 Comments

Taking aim at the richest irony of the faux-populist case against congestion pricing, Transportation Alternatives has released this ad [PDF], coming soon to a newspaper near you. The copy reads: Drivers from Westchester earn an average income of $176,231. Only 4% of New York City commuters would pay the congestion fee. 100% of the […]

Pricing Round Up: Sticking Points, Horse Trading, Hearings

By Ben Fried | Mar 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

The congestion pricing deadline is little more than a week (or two) away, and news is coming fast and furious about the last wave of legislative wrangling. Two reports published in the last 16 hours give a sense of how compromises may be hashed out to gain passage for the measure. First, the Daily Politics […]

Congestion Pricing Bill: First Impressions

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

Following word that a congestion pricing bill has surfaced in Albany, details are emerging about the actual legislation. Today’s New York Times story on Governor Paterson’s attitude toward pricing included specifics on how penalties would work and confirmed the existence of a "livable streets lock box" funded by parking fees: The measure would charge drivers […]

Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2008 | 19 Comments

With a congestion pricing bill now on the table and the days to get it passed quickly winding down, here is a snapshot of where a handful of electeds, including heavy-hitters like David Paterson and Sheldon Silver, stand. First, the Times quotes Governor Paterson, following his sit-down with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday afternoon: "The mayor, I […]

Two Ways to Tell the Story of Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2008 | 9 Comments

This Monday the Washington Post ran a long feature on page A1, "Letting the Market Drive Transportation," about the Bush administration’s attempts to shift financing for roads from the gas tax to user fees, and starve transit in the process. The cast of characters includes a pair of conservative ideologues, Tyler Duvall and D.J. Gribbin, […]

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