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David Yassky Supports Congestion Pricing
City Council Member David Yassky has come out in favor of congestion pricing, with the caveat that "many features of the Mayor's proposal will need to be reworked." Yassky's Brooklyn district, it's worth noting, encompasses three East River bridges, the Battery Tunnel and a seemingly endless number of of honking, spewing, frustrated motorists. Until last week, Yassky had been a long-time fence-sitter on the congestion pricing issue. Why did he finally commit? Last week Mayor Bloomberg announced that New York City's taxi fleet would be converted to all-hybrid vehicles by 2012. The Mayor was notably generous in crediting Yassky (twice, on national television, in the presence of Al Roker, no less) for conceiving of and fighting for the hybrid taxi initiative in City Council. Here's what Yassky wrote in an e-mail announcement to constituents:
May 29, 2007
Congestion Pricing: Joan Millman is Not Convinced
State Assembly Member Joan Millman's Downtown and brownstone Brooklyn district includes some of the most politically progressive, environmentally-conscious and traffic-choked neighborhoods of New York City -- neighborhoods that have been clamoring for traffic relief for years. Yet, Millman is, for now, opposed to Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan. In a letter sent to constituents who contacted her office Millman cites five concerns, summed up as follows:
May 23, 2007
Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights
Pedestrian injury and fatality data from the Transportation Alternatives Crash Map
December 13, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Horrific Ped Fatality in Bklyn Hts This AM
From a Streetsblog tipster:
December 13, 2006
Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy
A 1997 traffic-calming protest in Brooklyn Heights (Photo: Transportation Alternatives).
July 17, 2006