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Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal
Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky.
March 12, 2008
Gerson: Proposed Pricing Plan Misses the Mark
At our request, Gerson's office also sent over the council member's eight-page position paper on congestion pricing [PDF], in which he describes the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission report as "deeply disturbing."
March 11, 2008
Times Poll Finds 20 Council Members Against Pricing
Last week the New York Times conducted an informal survey of City Council member positions on congestion pricing. The poll found that 12 members are currently in favor, 20 are opposed, and 11 are undecided. Eight members did not respond.
March 10, 2008
Bloomberg Says He’ll Veto Pedicab Bill
Speaking on his weekly radio show on WABC, Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced he would veto the City Council's legislation capping the number of pedicabs in the city at 325:
March 30, 2007
City Council Fiddles While New York City Chokes on Traffic
Brooklyn Council member Lew Fidler (above) is circulating an anti-congestion pricing resolution urging Mayor Bloomberg to oppose any form of road pricing. Fidler's resolution appears to be a shot across the bow in preparation for the mayor's forthcoming Long-Term Planning and Sustainability speech. Last week, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff hinted that the speech would include "bold and creative" transportation policy ideas that come with a cost. Fidler, reportedly, will announce his resolution this coming Wednesday.
March 26, 2007
Parking: If You Build it They Will Come… in Their Cars.
This is the second in a three-part series on New York City parking policy.Part 1: The New York City Parking Boom
March 12, 2007
Cyclists Ride with Pedicabs to Rally at City Hall
The City Council Consumer Affairs Committee is set to vote on regulations that would put a very low cap on the total number of pedicabs in the City and ban certain types of pedicabs from City streets. Time's Up! joins the Pedicab Owners' Association against these unreasonable regulations to say: NO CAPS! NO BANS! SAVE THE PEDICABS!
February 12, 2007
Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed “Innovative?”
The Staten Island Advance reports on Monday's press conference outlining the qualities that leading City Council members would like to see in the next DOT Commissioner. The Bloomberg Administration
responded to the Council with the following statement:
February 7, 2007