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Auto Dealers, Parking Garages and, Well, Lots of Others Fund Shelly
In case you missed it last week, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is raising bucket-loads of campaign cash -- lots more than his two opponents, Paul Newell and Luke Henry. Groups that opposed congestion pricing are, no surprise, among some of the most enthusiastic contributors. The Times reported:
July 21, 2008
New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge
London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee is applied and reversing an extension of the zone, which was implemented last year.
July 9, 2008
Transit Activist Gary Reilly in the Hunt for City Council Seat
Gary Reilly, the Brooklynite whose petition drive for subway service improvements drew thousands of signatures last summer, is running to replace term-limited Bill de Blasio on the City Council. A Carroll Gardens resident and neighborhood blogger, Reilly has made transit the centerpiece of his campaign.
July 8, 2008
High Gas Prices Won’t Cure Gridlock
It's the New Math: a dollar-a-trip rise in the cost of fuel for a car trip to Manhattan is cutting traffic almost as much as Mayor Bloomberg's eight-dollar toll plan would have done.
July 3, 2008
Skelos Ascension Clouds Prospect of Pricing Revival
Yesterday, retiring New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno handed the reins to Deputy Leader Dean Skelos, Republican from Nassau County. Though some see this unforeseen development as an opportunity to move on much-needed reforms in Albany, it's not great news for advocates of congestion pricing.
June 25, 2008
“Kheel Plan II” to Revive Free Transit Proposal for ’09 Races
“In for a penny, in for a pound” is how the Brits express what we Americans less elegantly call “the whole hog”: why do something halfway when you might as well go all the way?
June 2, 2008
Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?
Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets?
May 27, 2008
Jeffries Declines to Field Questions at G Train Rally
The Observer reports from last night's G Train rally, organized by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries:
May 22, 2008
