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Remainder of Federal Pot Goes to Toll Plans
Florida officials say HOT lanes are the answer to SoFla I-95 congestion
August 23, 2007
Pricing Panel Appointees Announced
From NYC.gov. Bios of the members after the jump.
August 21, 2007
Congestion Pricing Op-Art: The Joke’s on Whom?
Cartoonist, writer and former Ford Motor Company employee Bruce McCall offers this "Wouldn't it be funny if.." rendition of post-congestion pricing Manhattan, from Sunday's New York Times (click here for the full illustration). As with his confounding and flip Atlantic Yards illo from a year ago, it's hard to discern what McCall is trying to say here.
August 21, 2007
Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight
Join Transportation Alternatives and the Citizens Committee for NYC at Everything Goes Book Café in St. George on Staten Island for a screening of Contested Streets, a one-hour documentary about New York's traffic crisis and how congestion pricing can solve it.
August 21, 2007
Wylde v. Brodsky on WNBC News Show
Yesterday on WNBC's "News Forum," Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City and congestion pricing panel appointee, went head-to-head with anti-pricing Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. While Brodsky once again recited the "tax on the working man" même chapter and verse, he failed, once again, to articulate an alternative plan to raise the money everyone agrees is necessary to shore up mass transit.
August 20, 2007
London Reaps Pricing Benefits
From the newsletter of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign comes an inspiring summation of the effects of congestion pricing in London since the program's inception in 2003, gleaned from Transport for London's annual report:
August 16, 2007
Weiner on the Environment: Big Talk, Small Stick
Where's the beef? Under Rep. Anthony Weiner's plan, vehicles, like the one above, would not be charged a fee to use New York City's most heavily congested streets
August 15, 2007
Feds to NYC: “Get on the Bus”
Looking closely at the conditions attached to the $354.5 million federal grant New York City received today, a few things jump out right away:
August 14, 2007