Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

NYC Voters Oppose Pricing Unless it Helps Prevent a Fare Hike

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 19, 2007 | 37 Comments

A new Quinnipiac Poll shows that New York City voters would support congestion pricing by a 53-41 margin if it "prevents a hike in mass transit fares." The new poll also shows that a majority of voters still oppose the idea of congestion pricing by a margin of 61 to 33. Support for Mayor Bloomberg’s […]

30 Firms Submit Proposals for NYC’s Congestion Pricing System

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2007 | 11 Comments

In response to its "Request for Expressions of Interest," the New York City Economic Development Corporation has received proposals from 30 companies interested in implementing New York City’s congestion pricing pilot project. "This large number and quality of responses clearly indicates that the market place believes that the implementation of the City’s congestion pricing plan […]

Brian Ketcham Proposes a “Simpler, Cheaper Traffic Fix”

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 14, 2007 | 41 Comments

Distribution of vehicles entering Manhattan CBD by direction and pricing status (Zupan & Perrotta, 2003). In an op/ed piece in Monday’s Daily News, Brooklyn-based transportation consultant Brian Ketcham proposed some changes to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan. Ketcham, who has been pushing for some form of congestion pricing since his time working for the Lindsay […]

Peters Revisits Her Bikes “Are Not Transportation” Comment

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

Courtesy of commenter Steve, we have an update on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters and her anti-bike comments from this past summer. As many Streetsblog readers no doubt recall, in August Peters made what looked like an attempt to score political points in the wake of the Minnesota bridge collapse by stating that Congress […]

Weiner Imagines Paying for His Traffic Plan With a Gas Tax Raise

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 13, 2007 | 40 Comments

Though reporters weren’t invited, Streetsblog managed to get a stringer into this morning’s On-and-Off-the-Record transportation policy talk with Congressman Anthony Weiner at Commerce Bank in Midtown. During the hour-long Q&A hosted by Edward Isaac-Dovere of City Hall News, Weiner hit on familiar themes: Something needs to be done about traffic but the mayor’s plan […]

Congestion Pricing Will Make You Happy

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 12, 2007 | 14 Comments

An op/ed by Eduardo Porter in today’s New York Times makes a passing suggestion that by reducing the number of people who do solo car commutes, congestion pricing would make New Yorkers happier. I can say this for sure: If it also reduces the number of honking, revving, careening and exhaust-spewing sociopaths clogging New […]

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