Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Economics

Pricing Advocates Call for Impact Study and New Parking Policies

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2007 | 27 Comments

Congestion pricing advocate Carolyn Konheim and consulting partner Brian Ketcham are advising the Bloomberg administration to drop its resistance to a congestion pricing Environmental Impact Study. The two say a study is needed to head off "likely 11th hour litigation" aimed at stopping the three-year pilot program from taking effect, a possibility Streetsblog alluded to […]

Carrion Supports Congestion and Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

Last week AMNY ran a profile of Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr., playing on the angle that he may make a run for mayor in two years. The piece is mostly flattering, but does make mention of Carrion’s controversial support for the new Yankee Stadium, which, as Streetsblog readers are probably sick of hearing […]

Robin Chase: “The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies”

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 15, 2007 | 23 Comments

Robin Chase is the co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar and the founder and CEO of GoLoco, a ride-sharing service that uses social networks like Facebook to connect people who want to carpool. A Harvard University Loeb Fellow, Chase is an authority on the use of wireless and mesh network technology as it applies to […]

Indianapolis Paves the Way for Bikes and Pedestrians

By Ethan Kent | Oct 15, 2007 | 27 Comments

Construction is underway on what may be the nation’s most advanced urban greenway system. Indianapolis, Indiana is making what could be the boldest step of any North American city towards supporting bicyclists and pedestrians. Known as an extremely auto-oriented city, most closely associated with the Indianapolis 500, this is one of the last cities we […]

City Approves Subsidized Yankee Stadium Parking

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2007 | 15 Comments

Yes, the Yankees’ season is over. But on the bright side, this morning the city handed the team a nice consolation prize: $225 million in tax exempt bonds for parking deck construction at the new Yankee Stadium. Under the agreement, the city will give up some $2.5 million in taxes, with an estimated $5 million […]

Delucchi Study Finds That U.S. Motorists Do Not Pay Their Way

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 20, 2007 | 23 Comments

A dozen or so years ago, back when congestion pricing was a distant dream and New York City’s number one transportation priority was to squeeze more transit funding from government, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign commissioned me to determine which was greater: the dollars that New York State governments took in from drivers, or the […]

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