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Spitzer Basks in Fare Freeze Afterglow
Liz Benjamin at The Daily Politics has been posting to-the-minute developments surrounding this morning's fare freeze announcement from Governor Spitzer.
November 20, 2007
Spitzer Calls on MTA to Retain $2 Base Fare
Governor Eliot Spitzer has "directed" the MTA to keep the base fare for subway and bus rides at $2. City Room reports, however, that Spitzer held out the possibility for increases in unlimited ride card rates at a press conference held this morning.
November 20, 2007
NYC Voters Oppose Pricing Unless it Helps Prevent a Fare Hike
A new Quinnipiac Poll shows that New York City voters would support congestion pricing by a 53-41 margin if it "prevents a hike
in mass transit fares."
November 19, 2007
Promising Aid, Lawmakers Ask MTA Not to Raise Fares
Following weeks of relative silence on the issue, state legislators have written a letter to the MTA asking it to postpone a planned fare hike in order to give Albany time to work up a funding increase.
October 17, 2007
Pricing Panel Appointees Announced
From NYC.gov. Bios of the members after the jump.
August 21, 2007
August 1: The Mayor Shall Submit the Traffic Mitigation Plan
A couple of weeks ago Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer, Senate Leader Bruno and Assembly Speaker Silver agreed to a process that would lead to the formation of a 17-member commission that would evaluate and decide on New York City's congestion pricing proposal.
August 1, 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
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