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Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated]
Ben Fried reports live from the City Council congestion pricing hearing, underway at City Hall:
March 24, 2008
What Paterson’s Senate District Stands to Gain From Pricing
With conflicting reports on congestion pricing's status in Albany, and given his own ambiguous statements, it remains to be seen whether Governor David Paterson will get behind the plan -- though a look at census data published by the Tri State Transportation Campaign shows that most of those he once represented in the New York State Senate could only benefit.
March 21, 2008
Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses
With a congestion pricing bill now on the table and the days to get it passed quickly winding down, here is a snapshot of where a handful of electeds, including heavy-hitters like David Paterson and Sheldon Silver, stand.
March 20, 2008
Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents
A rendering in section of NYU's proposal for a pedestrian-only Washington Place, between Washington Square Park and Broadway.
March 7, 2008
Today’s Headlines
Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV Charged With DWI (News, Post, NYT) NYT: Crack Down on Placard Abuse Now Sander Pleas for MTA Funds, Catches Flak from Brodsky (NY1, Metro) Lew Fidler Has a Bone to Pick With Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (News) Queens Councilman Wants Free Parking for Hybrids (Post) MTA Launching Text Message Service Alerts … Continued
March 7, 2008
Iowa’s Senator Harkin Introduces “Complete Streets Act”
On Monday US Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa introduced "The Complete Streets Act of 2008," a bill "to promote the design of streets that are safe for all of those using the street -- including motorists, bus riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians, including people with disabilities."
March 5, 2008
Sander Makes the Case for MTA Capital Plan and Pricing
A map presented by Lee Sander shows routes of short-term transit improvements (slide available in this PDF).
March 3, 2008
Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class
Streetfilms captured highlights of Enrique Penalosa's appearance with COMMUTE.
February 20, 2008