Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Economics

High Gas Prices Won’t Cure Gridlock

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 3, 2008 | 19 Comments

It’s the New Math: a dollar-a-trip rise in the cost of fuel for a car trip to Manhattan is cutting traffic almost as much as Mayor Bloomberg’s eight-dollar toll plan would have done. Too good to be true, right? But that’s the slant of the front-page headline in today’s Times, "Politics Failed, but Fuel Prices […]

Mixed Messages From Critic of NY Gas Tax Holiday

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2008 | 9 Comments

Following the lead of John McCain and Hillary Clinton, the State Senate voted yesterday to suspend New York’s gas tax for the summer. The move was largely symbolic, as the governor and Assembly speaker have both indicated they won’t support the bill. Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, immediately issued a statement condemning the […]

If Congestion Pricing Fails, Rest Assured, There’s Always Plan B

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 4, 2008 | 8 Comments

Copenhagen-based Flickr photographer Zakkalicious tells us that this cartoon was originally published in the May 1933 issue of Toy World magazine and also appeared in David Herhily’s 2004 book, "Bicycle."

Fidler Waxes on “Haves” and “Have-Nots”

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2008 | 22 Comments

In this five-minute speech, delivered at the Stonewall Democratic Club in Manhattan and captured by The Politicker, Council Member Lew Fidler draws on the 2005 mayoral campaign of Freddy Ferrer to rehash the old saw that congestion pricing would create a city of "haves" and "have-nots." "This is its stated purpose. This is exactly how […]

To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare

By Alex Marshall | Feb 15, 2008 | 29 Comments

Yesterday around 10 a.m. I got on the number 3 subway line at Bergen Street in Brooklyn, where I easily found a seat. As usual, I noticed that there was space on the baby-blue benches all the way up to 96th Street, where I switched trains to go to Columbia University at 116th Street. Only […]

Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the “Green” Airport

By Jason Varone | Jan 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

During his State of the State address, Governor Spitzer claimed that his administration is "turning Stewart Airport into an economic engine for the Hudson Valley and an environmental model for the world: the very first carbon-negative airport." In this morning’s New York Times, we see the Port Authority, touting SIA as an air congestion reliever […]

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