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London’s Experience With Congestion Pricing: It’s Working!
London’s experience may provide some useful guideposts. But it also lays bare some of the challenges facing New York.
May 31, 2019
Op-Ed: Paint The Bike Lane, Dammit, Before Someone Dies!
When is a parking-protected bike lane — a street design pioneered in this country by our own city Department of Transportation — no longer a parking-protected bike lane?
May 30, 2019
Op-Ed in 11 Tweets: The Hypocrisy of Car Culture
Former Aussie national bike planner Tony Arnold punctures all the contradictions that car drivers don't even realize they spew.
April 10, 2019
Op-Ed: Save Commuters From More Delays with Smart Rules for Scooters
Uber and Lime join forces to push lawmakers to legalize e-scooters.
March 20, 2019
Brooklyn Pol: Let’s Charge $3 Per Amazon Package — And Other Ways to Raise MTA Cash
Brooklyn Assembly Member Robert Carroll launched a drone attack on Amazon and other online retailers on Monday, announcing a proposal to levy a $3-per-package fee on deliveries. But wait...there's more!
February 5, 2019
Op-Ed: Another Reason to Support Congestion Pricing? Cleaner Air
Fewer cars will mean less pollution, which benefits everyone, but especially kids.
January 7, 2019
Congestion Pricing: Bloomberg Needs to Sweeten the Deal
Webster Avenue and Fordham Road, the Bronx
December 14, 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
One’s Inner SUV Driver
This is the third essay from Alex Marshall, who has written extensively on transportation issues as a journalist and author. He is a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association, where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter.
July 3, 2007