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Debate: Congestion Pricing

The Institution of Civil Engineers invites you to a debate in a bar: "Congestion Pricing, as proposed in PlaNYC 2030, Solves Manhattan's Transport Problems"

By Aaron Donovan

11:18 AM EDT on October 9, 2007

The Institution of Civil Engineers invites you to a debate in a bar:
“Congestion Pricing, as proposed in PlaNYC 2030, Solves Manhattan’s Transport Problems”

Arguing For Congestion Pricing:

Thomas Maguire NYC DOT Director of Studies
Daniel Peterson Professor of Transportation Planning, Columbia University, and Senior Transportation Engineer, Arup

Arguing Against:

Joshua E. Bienstock Queens Chamber of Commerce
Dr. John Falcocchio Professor of Transportation Planning and Director of the Urban Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Center, Polytechnic University of New York

Moderators:

Ed Plotkin
David Caiden, Arup

Aaron Donovan

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund's annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master's degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York's pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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