Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bruce Schaller

CB 6 Committee Gives Thumbs Up to Park Smart Expansion in Park Slope

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

In a short, quiet and rancor-free meeting, the Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee last night approved a resolution supporting the expansion of NYC DOT’s Park Smart pilot program throughout Park Slope’s commercial streets. When the Park Slope pilot launched in April 2009, the city raised the peak hour meter rate from 75 cents per […]

Schaller: Road Pricing Won’t Fly Without Driver Support

By Noah Kazis | May 5, 2010 | 14 Comments

Road pricing won’t ease this BQE traffic jam unless drivers want it to, says Bruce Schaller. Image: photoAtlas via Flickr. Road pricing isn’t going to happen unless drivers want it to, writes Bruce Schaller, one of the architects of New York’s congestion pricing push. That’s the central conclusion of a new paper Schaller penned for […]

Mayor’s Office: Electric Cars Must Comply With PlaNYC Goal of Fewer Cars

By Noah Kazis | Feb 12, 2010 | 50 Comments

New York City is not looking to create infrastructure for charging cars on city streets. Image: theqsqueaks via Flickr. "Electric vehicles are here. They’re coming, and they won’t stop." Last night, DOT Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller opened a panel discussion on electric car adoption in New York City with an implicit message: We should be […]

Brodsky Sows Doubt, Misinformation at Brooklyn Pricing Debate

By Ben Fried | Feb 19, 2008 | 11 Comments

Fred Siegel of the Progressive Policy Institute moderated Sunday’s debate. On Sunday, Temple Beth Emeth in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn hosted a classic congestion pricing match-up: Michael O’Loughlin of the Campaign for New York’s Future vs. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (who, it turns out, went to shul at Beth Emeth until age ten). The crowd of 50 […]

DOT: Relax Brooklyn, Parking Permits Not Just for Downtown

By Ben Fried | Feb 5, 2008 | 19 Comments

Borough Prez Candidate De Blasio Qualifies His Opposition to Congestion Pricing A crowd of nearly 200 filed into the auditorium at St. Francis College in downtown Brooklyn last night, ready to pop a few questions to DOT about residential parking programs. But first, three of Brooklyn’s City Council members gave some of their first public […]

Brooklyn Workshop Focuses on Residential Parking Program

By Ben Fried | Feb 1, 2008 | 11 Comments

Hours after the Congestion Mitigation Commission revealed that residential parking programs would be attached to its congestion pricing plan, about 70 Brooklynites gathered at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope last night to talk about RPP. The event was the third DOT/EDC neighborhood parking workshop held this week, following others in Long Island City and […]

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