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Streetfilms: The First Tour de Queens

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2008 | 9 Comments

Nearly 500 people braved the mid-90s heat yesterday to take part in the inaugural Tour de Queens, and Steetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there to document the occasion. In addition to discovering the borough’s best bike shop, viewers will see Congressman Anthony Weiner, stalwart defender of car commuters, deliver the following message of support to the […]

Daily News to Congestion Pricing Opponents: “Your Fault”

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2008 | 15 Comments

With higher gas prices pushing drivers onto the city’s trains and buses, the Daily News today blasted Speaker Sheldon Silver and Assembly Dems for passing up the billions of dollars that congestion pricing would have brought to MTA coffers. The trends prove that the theory of congestion pricing was valid: When the cost of driving […]

Will Congestion Pricing Make or Break Mayoral Campaigns?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 7, 2008 | 17 Comments

While we wait to see what happens, or doesn’t happen, today in Albany, New York Magazine takes a look at four mayoral aspirants and how their positions on congestion pricing may affect their chances of succeeding Michael Bloomberg. City Council Member Tony Avella: "[Avella is] an obscure pol, and attacking CP allowed him to grab […]

Obama Endorses Pricing as “Thoughtful and Innovative”

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2008 | 7 Comments

Last month Barack Obama released details of a vaguely encouraging transportation platform, pledging investment in rail and "livable communities." Today the Democratic presidential candidate endorsed congestion pricing. In town for a speech and fundraising events, Obama was introduced at Cooper Union by Mayor Bloomberg this morning. WNYC reports: Speaking not far from Wall Street, Barack […]

Undecided Council Members Speak Up at Pricing Hearing

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2008 | 91 Comments

Janette Sadik-Khan and Rohit Aggarwala (left table) fielded questions this morning from City Council members, including Lew Fidler and Larry Seabrook. At the first part of today’s congestion pricing hearings, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Rohit Aggarwala, director of the Office for Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, fielded questions from the City Council’s nine-member State and […]

Two Ways to Tell the Story of Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Mar 20, 2008 | 9 Comments

This Monday the Washington Post ran a long feature on page A1, "Letting the Market Drive Transportation," about the Bush administration’s attempts to shift financing for roads from the gas tax to user fees, and starve transit in the process. The cast of characters includes a pair of conservative ideologues, Tyler Duvall and D.J. Gribbin, […]

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