Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

Bloomberg Says What You’re Thinking

By Brad Aaron | | 2 Comments
Perhaps getting tired of seeing his PlaNYC centerpiece attacked by lawmakers from outside the city, Mayor Bloomberg had some frank remarks for congestion pricing critic Assemblyman Richard Brodsky on the radio today. The Daily Politics reports: On his weekly radio show this morning, Mayor Bloomberg took a swipe at Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, the Westchester Democrat […]

Pricing Hearings Begin With Away Double-Header

By Brad Aaron | | 6 Comments
The first hearings conducted by the New York City Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission were held yesterday, with one in White Plains and another at Hofstra University. Newsday reports on the latter: Congestion pricing is a "sensible solution" to traffic tie-ups that cost the region $13 billion and 52,000 jobs a year, said Josh Klainberg, deputy […]

The Times Wants Your Traffic Ideas

By Brad Aaron | | 4 Comments
From the New York Times: Traffic on the Brain?  Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on the best way to ease Manhattan’s perpetual traffic crunch. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposes congestion pricing. A group opposed to that plan suggests raising parking meter rates instead. Some bicyclists would ban cars. Some drivers would ban bicycles. There’s […]

Times Calls for End to Free Parking Monopoly

By Brad Aaron | | 47 Comments
One of the most repeated criticisms of congestion pricing is that the city isn’t taking relatively simple measures within its control to ease traffic-related problems. The Times today offers its take on three of them. Taxi stands. Anyone who has tried to get a taxi in New York in the rain, particularly at rush hour, […]

Who Are Anti-Pricing Pols Really Looking Out For?

By Jason Varone | | 10 Comments
Responding to some politicians’ claims that congestion pricing is a "regressive tax" that would impact "working stiffs" who must drive to their jobs, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Pratt Center for Community Development have compiled data, broken down by district, showing that the vast majority of commuters in New York City and surrounding counties […]
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