Congestion Pricing

August 1 Congestion Pricing Deadline Has Been Met

This morning, I asked whether Mayor Bloomberg had met the August 1 deadline to submit his congestion pricing plan to the 17-member commission that is supposed to come together to evaluate "traffic mitigation" proposals for New York City. Here's the quick answer, from City Hall spokesman John Gallagher:

By Aaron Naparstek

12:07 PM EDT on August 1, 2007

This morning, I asked whether Mayor Bloomberg had met the August 1 deadline to submit his congestion pricing plan to the 17-member commission that is supposed to come together to evaluate “traffic mitigation” proposals for New York City. Here’s the quick answer, from City Hall spokesman John Gallagher:

The Mayor has submitted the plan, which is the PlaNYC document, the supporting traffic documents and the US DOT application to the leaders of the entities who have appointments to the commission — that is legislative leaders and City Council speaker and Governor.

We had originally speculated here on Streetsblog that the 17-member commission would need to be formed by this August 1 deadline. Apparently, that is not the case. Next stop on the timeline:

August 8, 2007 (or thereabout): US DOT announces the recipients of
$1.2 billion in federal grants. If New York does not receive at least
$200 million, the deal is off.

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

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