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Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated]
Ben Fried reports live from the City Council congestion pricing hearing, underway at City Hall:
March 24, 2008
Sadik-Khan Set to Testify at City Hall
Streetsblog's Ben Fried reports live from this morning's City Council congestion pricing hearing:
March 24, 2008
City Council to Hear From Public This Evening
At this hour, City Council members are preparing to hold the first of two hearings scheduled for today on congestion pricing. The morning session, beginning at 10:00, will be open for public viewing but closed to public testimony.
March 24, 2008
Paterson Backs Pricing, Introduces Bill in Albany
David Paterson is going to do right by his old State Senate district after all. New York's new governor settled any doubts about his position on congestion pricing this afternoon, introducing a bill that follows the recommendations of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission. The Daily Politics has the scoop:
March 21, 2008
What Paterson’s Senate District Stands to Gain From Pricing
With conflicting reports on congestion pricing's status in Albany, and given his own ambiguous statements, it remains to be seen whether Governor David Paterson will get behind the plan -- though a look at census data published by the Tri State Transportation Campaign shows that most of those he once represented in the New York State Senate could only benefit.
March 21, 2008
Congestion Pricing Bill: Fun With Legalese
After months of following the step-by-step evolution of the congestion pricing proposal, there's a certain satisfaction in seeing familiar concepts codified in legislative language. To wit, we hope readers who've been tracking Streetsblog's coverage of this topic enjoy these excerpts from the bill. Parse away.
March 21, 2008
T.A. Ad Drives It Home … to Westchester
Taking aim at the richest irony of the
faux-populist case against congestion pricing, Transportation Alternatives has released this ad [PDF], coming soon to a newspaper near you. The copy reads:
March 21, 2008
Pricing Round Up: Sticking Points, Horse Trading, Hearings
The congestion pricing deadline is little more than a week (or two) away, and news is coming fast and furious about the last wave of legislative wrangling. Two reports published in the last 16 hours give a sense of how compromises may be hashed out to gain passage for the measure.
March 21, 2008
Congestion Pricing Bill: First Impressions
Following word that a congestion pricing bill has surfaced in Albany, details are emerging about the actual legislation. Today's New York Times story on Governor Paterson's attitude toward pricing included specifics on how penalties would work and confirmed the existence of a "livable streets lock box" funded by parking fees:
March 20, 2008
Pricing Round Up: Persuasive Arguments, Rigged Polls, New Buses
With a congestion pricing bill now on the table and the days to get it passed quickly winding down, here is a snapshot of where a handful of electeds, including heavy-hitters like David Paterson and Sheldon Silver, stand.
March 20, 2008