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Heastie Makes History: Assembly Has The Votes to Pass Congestion Pricing
Gov. Cuomo's plan will pass. The details, however, are still being worked out.
March 25, 2019
The Manhattan Assembly Members Who Were MIA on Congestion Pricing
The failure to enact congestion pricing was a setback for the whole city, but no borough got a worse deal than Manhattan. And yet, as this deal was being negotiated, Manhattan elected officials didn't make a peep.
April 16, 2018
Bike-Share Stations Don’t Usurp Parking — They Are Parking
O'Donnell apparently believes parking for cars should be the default use for New York City curb space. He also seems to think the extensive public process for bike-share siting, which already happened, shouldn't count because people are now griping about parking. All this in a district where more than 75 percent of households don't own cars.
October 7, 2016
Speed Limit Bills Shift to 25 MPH, Allow DOT to Designate 20 MPH Streets
With Mayor de Blasio, the City Council, and families of traffic violence victims lining up behind lowering the city's default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph, Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell and State Senator Martin Malave Dilan said this afternoon that they are amending their speed limit bills. Instead of establishing a 20 mph default speed limit and requiring the City Council to pass laws to designate exceptions, the bills will now drop the default to 25 mph and allow DOT to lower the speed limit to 20 mph on a case-by-case basis.
May 14, 2014
Council Reso Calls on Albany to Lower Citywide Speed Limit to 20 MPH
Steve Levin and Ydanis Rodriguez today introduced a resolution calling on Albany to lower the citywide speed limit to 20 miles per hour, as proposed in legislation sponsored by Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell and state Senator Martin Dilan.
February 26, 2014
Does Marty Golden Really Need Convincing That Lower Speeds Save Lives?
The Daily News didn't need to send anyone to stand in traffic for man-on-the-street reaction quotes on Dan O'Donnell's bill to lower the speed limit in NYC to 20 miles per hour.
January 17, 2014
Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell Intros Bill to Set NYC Speed Limit at 20 MPH
Assembly Member Dan O'Donnell has introduced a bill to lower the speed limit in New York City to 20 miles per hour.
January 16, 2014
One More Chance to Support Pricing: Call Your Reps Today!
We've said it before and we'll say it again: Congestion pricing is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to enact progressive transportation policy for New York City.
April 7, 2008
Pricing Round-Up: Dems Conference in Albany
Assembly Democrats met behind closed doors last night to gauge their collective sentiment on congestion pricing. According to the Post, only seven of the 36 legislators who spoke during the meeting expressed support, but the one who matters most, Shelly Silver, remains uncommitted:
April 3, 2008