Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

PlaNYC and Pricing Legislation Introduced. Download it Here.

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 11 Comments

Exclusive to Streetsblog, at least for the next few minutes, here is S. 6068, the New York State Senate’s congestion pricing legislation, or, as it is also known: AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a congestion pricing program in the city of New York; to amend the public […]

Congestion Pricing Plan Advancing Rapidly

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

Sewell Chan at the New York Times’ Empire Zone has more on this morning’s meeting between Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer and US Dept. of Transportation secretary Mary Peters: Mr. Spitzer said at a news conference this morning, "There will always be some congestion and the good news is there is economic growth and there’s vitality […]

Spitzer Backs Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 7, 2007 | 7 Comments

Is Mayor Bloomberg actually going to pull this off? Governor Eliot Spitzer came out in favor of congestion pricing this morning. Elizabeth Benjamin at the Daily News reports: Standing with Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Gov. Eliot Spitzer this morning said he is "in favor of embracing a congestion pricing model" at a press conference where U.S. […]

Bloomberg Upbeat, Media Less So, Ahead of PlaNYC Hearings

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

With a scant few weeks left in the session, the state Assembly has scheduled the first of six hearings on PlaNYC — including, of course, congestion pricing — for Friday at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, at 42 West 44th Street. The Daily […]

London Finds “No Adverse Impact” Outside Charging Zone

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

With many New York City elected officials expressing concern that Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing study will create numerous problems in the neighborhoods just outside the charging zone, now is a good time to take a look at the extensive "Boundary Impacts Study" undertaken by Transport for London in its Fourth Annual Monitoring Report The London […]

City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2007 | 26 Comments

It seems inconceivable given the overwhelmingly positive developments of the past few weeks, but the city wants to increase parking in Manhattan by some 20,000 spaces, and is defending itself in court for the right to do so. The Bloomberg and Spitzer administrations are working together to hold on to a rezoning provision that would […]

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