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What You Need to Know About the Congestion Pricing Plan From Cuomo’s Fix NYC Panel
The centerpiece is a cordon zone in Manhattan below 60th Street where drivers would pay for the use of scarce street space. Here's an overview of how it would all come together.
January 19, 2018
De Blasio Leaves the Door Open to Congestion Pricing
With Governor Cuomo's long-awaited "Fix NYC" recommendations dominating today's news cycle, Mayor de Blasio has softened his tone on congestion pricing.
January 19, 2018
Partnership for NYC: Congestion Costs New York More Today Than It Did 10 Years Ago
Traffic is getting worse while people's time grows more valuable.
January 18, 2018
Congestion Pricing Will Help Stop Climate Change — But Differently Than You Think
The direct tailpipe emissions impact of congestion pricing is outweighed by its force multiplier effect.
January 12, 2018
Corey Johnson Unequivocally Backs Congestion Pricing, Further Isolating de Blasio
The new City Council speaker gave Governor Cuomo more political leeway to push for a comprehensive plan to reduce traffic and boost transit funding.
January 8, 2018
Congestion Pricing and a Bus Turnaround: Two Great Policies That Go Great Together
There's a symbiotic relationship between road pricing and better bus service. Congestion pricing can speed up buses and reverse the decade-plus decline in bus ridership in New York.
January 5, 2018
Why Congestion Pricing Won’t Overwhelm the Subways
Congestion pricing can significantly reduce gridlock by shifting a relatively small share of car trips off the streets, and the subway already carries far more people than the crossings that will be tolled.
January 2, 2018
London Traffic Would Be At Least 20 Percent Slower Without Congestion Pricing
The number of automobiles entering London’s center each day has plunged by 44 percent since the start of congestion charging, even as the total number of people entering grew 23 percent.
December 5, 2017
De Blasio’s Wrong: There’s a Fair Congestion Pricing Plan Right Under His Nose
Asked about congestion pricing on WNYC, de Blasio recited his usual list of misdirections and red herrings.
December 1, 2017
Congestion Pricing Was Unpopular in Stockholm — Until People Saw It in Action
Stockholm transportation director Jonas Eliasson has some advice for New York politicians worried about diving into congestion pricing: Just do it. Eliasson steered the implementation of congestion pricing in Stockholm in 2006. From that vantage point, he watched a skeptical public quickly embrace the policy as soon as they saw it in action.
November 28, 2017
