Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing Supporters Speak Up in Queens

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2007 | 10 Comments

Meghan Goth reports: With city buses slogging their way past double-parked cars on Archer Avenue just outside, Queens community members and elected officials testified on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal for a three-year congestion pricing pilot program at York College Performing Arts Center last night. The Traffic Congestion Mitigation hearing, one of seven being held around […]

Bloomberg Visits the Bronx. Dinowitz Anti-Pricing Rally Fizzles.

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2007 | 3 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg and city agency commissioners answered questions in Riverdale last night. Megan Chuchmach reports: The auditorium at PS 24 in Riverdale was packed Tuesday night, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his commissioners entertained an estimated couple hundred Bronx residents at a town hall-esque style meeting organized by the Northwest Bronx Democratic Alliance and the […]

Finally: A Spot to Talk About Parking

By Jason Varone | Oct 31, 2007 | No Comments

Climate change, Iranian nukes, the declining dollar, a $100 barrel of oil… Sure, all of that stuff is important but not as important as parking or New York City’s lack thereof. New York City’s venerable neighborhood associations and civic groups will be ecstatic to hear that the Department of Transportation is convening a series of […]

Queens Civic Congress Has Its Own Plan

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 31, 2007 | 3 Comments

No one who comes before the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission is going to admit to liking congestion. If they’re against the mayor’s congestion-pricing plan, they are usually going to come up with some kind of alternative. Take the Queens Civic Congress, which advanced its position at an Oct. 30 hearing. Jim Trent, the chair […]

Bruno: “The people who travel around are taxed enough.”

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 29, 2007 | 7 Comments

Up to now, State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has been a supporter of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a congestion pricing pilot project. There is no reason to believe that has changed. Yet, he strikes a slightly ominous note in today’s Daily News article on the proposed MTA fare hike. "The people who travel around […]

Congestion Pricing Gets a Warm Reception in Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Oct 26, 2007 | 10 Comments

Hundreds of Manhattanites braved an indoor congestion zone Thursday night, struggling to find a seat before the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission hearing. The packed forum attracted hundreds of spectators, leaving balcony-only seating in the Hunter College auditorium. Over eighty turned out to voice their support and concerns, prevailing over previous congestion […]

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