Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congestion Pricing

There are several lessons American policymakers can learn from London and Stockholm's congestion pricing plans.

Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America

By Aaron Short | Oct 31, 2019 | No Comments

The problem, of course, is America's car culture itself: Most commuters don't take public transit and view congestion pricing as a tax, making it a huge political lift, even if there's a groundswell of support for reform, these experts added.

People biking and walking in both directions must compete for the same narrow space on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

Council Members: DOT Stalling on Queensboro

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2019 | 56 Comments

The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.

BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | 10 Comments

The city's proposed cap on cruising times for app-based cabs is "arbitrary" and illegal because it supersedes the state's traffic-reduction regulations, and was concocted secretly without taking into consideration other factors, a new lawsuit by Uber argues.

Congestion Photo: giggel/Wikimedia Commons

Report Shows Why the Congestion Pricing Fee Must Be Really High

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2019 | 25 Comments

The study does not make specific pricing recommendations, but the highest tolls would provide greater benefits than lower fees.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg at a presser last month. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT: We Are NOT Backing Down on Neighborhood Loading Zones!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 22, 2019 | 61 Comments

Reports of the demise of the Department of Transportation's residential loading zone program have been greatly exaggerated.

Congestion is a major problem in Manhattan — but the City Council's proposed cap on Uber and Lyft and other app-based taxi companies won't fix it, our expert says.

KOMANOFF: Not So Fast — New Uber/Lyft Rules Will Speed Traffic Less Than City Thinks

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 13, 2019 | 6 Comments

Our taxicab Tennyson, our deadline Dylan, Charles Komanoff predicts that the mayor's Uber/Lyft plan won't really solve the congestion problem. There's math involved, so you might want to open that calculator app.

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