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Hey, Gov. Hochul, Here’s How Congestion Pricing Would Have Remade Manhattan
Just in time for Sunday night's failed launch of congestion pricing, check out this Streetfilms video from Stockholm.
June 24, 2024
Stockholm Leader’s Message to NYC: ‘Congestion Pricing Just Works’
"In Stockholm, people really thought that congestion pricing would be the end of the world, the city will come to a standstill, no one would be able to get to work anymore and all the theaters and shops would just go bankrupt. None of that happened."
May 3, 2024
Op-Ed: Should We Toll Motorcycles Like SUVs?
The coming of congestion pricing in Manhattan brings questions about the best mix of vehicles for the Central Business District.
November 19, 2019
Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
The problem, of course, is America's car culture itself: Most commuters don't take public transit and view congestion pricing as a tax, making it a huge political lift, even if there's a groundswell of support for reform, these experts added.
October 31, 2019
Congestion Pricing and a Bus Turnaround: Two Great Policies That Go Great Together
There's a symbiotic relationship between road pricing and better bus service. Congestion pricing can speed up buses and reverse the decade-plus decline in bus ridership in New York.
January 5, 2018
Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in Action
Stockholm transportation director Jonas Eliasson has some advice for New York politicians worried about diving into congestion pricing: Just do it. Eliasson steered the implementation of congestion pricing in Stockholm in 2006. From that vantage point, he watched a skeptical public quickly embrace the policy as soon as they saw it in action.
November 28, 2017
Exploring the Streets of Stockholm
In 2014, I got the chance to visit Stockholm near the end of an incredibly hot summer. It's a charming and walkable place with a downtown buzzing with people. There's an easygoing rhythm to the city. After dark the pedestrian streets fill with both residents and tourists out for a walk, even after most stores and restaurants close.
March 24, 2015
Streetfilms: Talking Traffic Safety at the Home of Vision Zero
Clarence Eckerson shot this great interview with Mary Beth Kelly of Families for Safe Streets and Claes Tingvall, director of traffic safety for the Swedish Transport Administration.
August 8, 2014
What’s the Secret to World-Class Transit Systems? Congestion Pricing
Top transportation officials from three global cities -- London, Singapore and Stockholm -- shared their experiences in expanding the use of transit at a panel at the Regional Plan Association's annual conference last Friday. Eyeing those cities, it's easy for New Yorkers to get jealous.
April 30, 2012
The Assumption of Inconvenience
Early this week, I noticed a number of my favorite bloggers linking to this Elisabeth Rosenthal essay at Environment 360, on the mysterious greenness of European nations. The average American, as it happens, produces about twice as much carbon dioxide each year as your typical resident of Western Europe.
September 30, 2009