Congestion Pricing
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Senator in Gridlocked Brooklyn District Has Doubts About Pricing
For a sense of the challenge that lays ahead for congestion pricing supporters, take a look at the mailer that Brooklyn Democratic State Senator Velmanette Montgomery sent to all of her constituents last week. Montgomery has a smart, engaged staff when it comes to transportation policy and she has often been helpful when it comes to Livable Streets issues.
July 23, 2007
Crain’s: Congestion Pricing Approval is a “Near Certainty”
Contrary to some of the more pessimistic analyses that appeared after last week's congestion pricing deal (like ours, theirs and this one too), Crain's Erik Engquist writes that "details of the deal make approval of Manhattan driving fees a near certainty next year."
The article is for subscribers only on the Crain's web site:
July 23, 2007
Congestion Pricing: What’s the Deal?
Nobody knows whether the convoluted and difficult congestion pricing "deal" reached by political leaders yesterday will actually result in anything. The deal is complex even by Albany standards. A few things, however, are clear:
July 20, 2007
The Congestion Pricing Timeline
Yesterday, New York State's Four Men in a Room agreed to a process that may or may not result in congestion pricing for New York City. Even by Albany standards, Bloomberg, Spitzer, Silver and Bruno's deal is incredibly complex. The deal, which is supposed to be formalized by a vote in the state legislature shortly, lays out very specific deadlines that must be achieved before New York City is granted the power to collect congestion charges. The first step in even beginning to understand the implications of yesterday's deal is to understand the timeline that it set forth.
July 20, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Here’s the Deal
Below is a summary of the congestion pricing deal struck this afternoon by Governor Spitzer, Mayor Bloomberg, Assembly Speaker Silver and Senate Leader Bruno.
July 19, 2007
Lots of Quotes, Few Details on Congestion Pricing Deal
Press release from Campaign for New York's Future:
July 19, 2007
Some Sort of Congestion Pricing Deal is Done
According to NY1, Governor Spitzer just announced "that the state has given the city the green light to proceed with the
plan, but he stressed that no agreement has been reached on tolls." NY1 reports, "The agreement creates a commission of representatives from the mayor's
office and the governor's office, City Council members, and State
Senate and Assembly members to review plans for implementation."
July 19, 2007
Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing
An enforcement camera in London captures a motorist in the bus lane.
July 18, 2007
The London Model is Dead. Time to Look at Paris.
David Haskell, executive director of the Forum for Urban Design, and organizer of last week's New York Bike-Share Project demonstration in Soho, says it's time for New York City to ditch the London model and take a closer look at the traffic-reduction techniques Paris has implemented without congestion pricing. An op/ed in today's New York Times focuses on one aspect of the Paris approach, bike-sharing:
July 18, 2007
Who Better Represented “the Little Guy” in the Pricing Debate?
New York State Assembly Members Jose Rivera, Richard Brodsky and Adriano Espaillat
July 18, 2007