Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing

By Ben Fried | Mar 3, 2008 | 3 Comments

A map presented by Lee Sander shows routes of short-term transit improvements (slide available in this PDF). MTA chief Elliott "Lee" Sander delivered the first-ever "State of the MTA" address this morning, using the agency’s 40th anniversary to urge the enactment of the full $29.5 billion, five-year capital plan unveiled last week. Speaking before a […]

Denny Farrell: Less Traffic and Pollution? No Thanks.

By Brad Aaron | Mar 3, 2008 | 17 Comments

Just two of the 17 members of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, Assemblymen Richard Brodsky and Herman “Denny” Farrell, voted against the revised congestion pricing plan that now awaits approval by the City Council and state legislators, all of which must happen by March 31 if the city is to receive $354 million in federal […]

Hakeem Jeffries Stands With Westchester on Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 29, 2008 | 30 Comments

With a massive, mid-day traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge helping to set the scene, Richard Brodsky kicked off his City Hall press conference yesterday with an invitation to the scores of civic groups pushing for congestion pricing. Or maybe it was a threat. Opposition to congestion pricing in Albany, Brodsky said, is "deepening and […]

Bloomberg Pitches Pricing to Brooklyn Assembly Members

By Brad Aaron | Feb 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

From The Daily Politics: Mayor Bloomberg hosted members of the Brooklyn Assembly delegation at Gracie Mansion this morning as part of his ongoing lobbying effort on congestion pricing, which the Legislature must sign off on by the end of next month in order to land the full $354 million pledged by the US DOT. About […]

The Brodsky Alternative, Take Two: $6.50 to Enter a Cab

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2008 | 58 Comments

His license plate rationing scheme beloved by none, this afternoon Assemblyman Richard Brodsky offered his second congestion pricing alternative: raising the $2.50 taxi "drop charge" to $6.50, increasing fines for illegal parking and blocking the box, and further cutting the number of parking placards issued to government employees. Brodsky says the taxi fare hike alone […]

Viverito: Don’t Fall for Suburbanite Anti-Pricing “Nonsense”

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

We linked to it from Today’s Headlines a few weeks ago, but this Metro op-ed from City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito is worth a repeat. Viverito, the first Puerto Rican council member to be elected in Manhattan’s District 8, writes that, contrary to claims from "suburban elected officials from wealthy areas," congestion pricing "could provide […]

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