Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Compromise “Ruled the Day” at Congestion Pricing Hearings

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 29, 2007 | 1 Comment

#Persons %Persons Position 39 26% Support congestion pricing as proposed by Mayor Bloomberg in April 2007 PlaNYC proposal 46 31% Support the concept of pricing, have concerns and recommend changes/additions to Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal 13 9% Express serious concerns with the current proposal and offer suggestions for improvement 39 26% Oppose congestion pricing, suggest other […]

T.A. Responds to Fidler’s Tax’n’Tunnel Pipe Dream

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 28, 2007 | 5 Comments

We probably shouldn’t be lavishing any more attention on Lew Fidler’s Tax’n’Tunnel proposal but Transportation Alternatives’ Paul Steely White fired off a pretty good, concise response to the Daily News the other day: Instead of supporting congestion pricing, Councilman Lew Fidler wants to impose billions of dollars in payroll taxes and dig three new tunnels […]

TSTC.org Would Be More Thankful If…

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 26, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s new Mobilizing the Region blog is really starting to come alive. If you haven’t added it to your daily news feed yet, it’s probably time to do it. After giving thanks for the transportation policy advances of 2007 on Thursday, the TSTC staff, engorged with Tofurkey, went back to work on […]

TSTC Asks the Obvious, Yet Elusive, Pricing Poll Question

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2007 | 11 Comments

While the results of the latest Quinnipiac congestion pricing poll were repeated with little analysis earlier this week, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign noted a significant, though not surprising, shortcoming. The Quinnipiac poll failed to link congestion pricing to the mass transit improvements it would bring. The pollsters asked this question: “The Bloomberg administration has suggested […]

Congestion Panel Meets Amidst Q Poll Parsing

By Brad Aaron | Nov 20, 2007 | 7 Comments

The third meeting of the 17-member Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission will be held at 2:00 this afternoon at the offices of Hughes Hubbard and Reed, 1 Battery Park Plaza (24 State St. @ Pearl St.), 10th Floor, in Manhattan. Today’s event comes on the heels of a new Quinnipiac Poll, released yesterday, that shows support […]

StreetFilms: Bay Ridge Bus Commuters Talk Congestion Pricing

By Jason Varone | Nov 19, 2007 | 18 Comments

StreetFilms joined up with Transportation Alternatives’ Executive Director, Paul Steely White to talk about congestion pricing with express bus commuters in Bay Ridge. Bus riders told White that they’d like to have more buses and a faster commute. One commuter pointed out that virtually every automobile on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway carries just one person. Another […]

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