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Highlights of Monday’s Traffic Commission Meeting
Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's claim that congestion pricing "smacks the middle class" was not challenged by reporters after Monday's meeting despite a recent IBO report that says otherwise. Brodsky said a carbon tax would be fairer and praised Mayor Bloomberg for suggesting it.
December 19, 2007
New Spin: Save the Mayor’s Congestion Plan by Modifying It
Congestion Mitigation Commission chairman Marc Shaw has a big job ahead of him.
December 17, 2007
Unlike the Knicks, “New York’s Team” Takes the Subway to Work
We already know that the New York Rangers' center Sean Avery loves riding his bike. Now we learn that forward Brendan Shanahan and several other teammate take the subway to the office. From yesterday's New York Times:
December 13, 2007
Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium
Spencer Wilking reports:
December 12, 2007
Highlights of Yesterday’s Traffic Commission Meeting
Deputy Commissioner Bruce Schaller's team at the Department of Transportation has been taking ideas offered up by Traffic Mitigation Commission members and running them through NYMTC's regional traffic model. Schaller's job is to help the Commission determine how effective each of these ideas will be in cutting traffic and reducing total vehicle miles traveled in New York City. To keep its $354.5 million federal transportation grant, the City must reduce VMT 6.3 percent using road pricing.
December 11, 2007
Shoup on Lehrer
Parking policy maven Donald Shoup will be on the Brian Lehrer show this morning, WNYC, 93.9 FM. He'll be delving into the question: Is on-street parking too cheap in Manhattan?
December 10, 2007
Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday
Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, will be in New York next week, with a number of events on Monday culminating in an evening appearance at Fordham University. Here's a rundown.
December 7, 2007
Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook
It looks like 5th Precinct Commanding Officer Gin Yee, the Sheriff of Chinatown, is laying down the law once again. A Streetsblog tipster spotted these tow trucks as they were removing government placard abusers from their illegal parking spots in Chinatown. While it's refreshing to see the police "towing their own," the tipster notes that as soon as the trucks pulled away a new group of placard abusing government employees swooped in to claim the empty parking spaces.
December 5, 2007
Congestion Panel Considers Shrinking Zone and Tolling Bridges
The Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission wants to reduce the size of the proposed congestion pricing zone, replace cameras with higher parking fees, and possibly toll the East River bridges, according to a (subscription only) story by Erik Engquist in Crain's New York Business today.
December 3, 2007
Its Showtime for the DOT Parking Team
As usual, traffic was heavy on 125th Street outside the Alhambra Ballroom in central Harlem, Wednesday evening, where the Department of Transportation held its fourth of seven planned workshops to discuss parking strategies in neighborhoods bordering the City's proposed congestion pricing zone.
November 30, 2007