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October 19, 2009
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, The Media and the Environment
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- bloomberg, booker, diesel, newark, NYC, pollution, portpollution, sustainability, trucks
Yesterday, NYC Mayor Michael P. Bloomberg and Newark Mayor Cory Booker teamed up with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa to endorse federal legislation that would enable ports around the nation to adopt local green-growth programs to reduce air pollution and...continued→
May 1, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
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- bicycling, bikecommuting, bikelane, bikemonthnyc, bikeway, diesel, hudsonriverpark, newyorkcity, NYC
Happy Bike Month, Switchboard readers!Today starts Bike Month in NYC. So, for the next few weeks, I will be writing about biking issues every few days. How come?First of all, biking is part of how I got involved and interested...continued→
March 26, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
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- congestionpricing, newyorkcity, NYC, trafficcongestion
In recent comments on the blog, a number of readers have expressed concerns about the cost of delivering goods in the City, as well as other aspects of the congestion pricing proposal being debated in New York this month. Today,...continued→
March 21, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- congestion, congestionpricing, crains, dailypolitics, governorpaterson, newyorkcity, NYC
Awesome news! Governor David A. Paterson just announced that he’s presenting a program bill to the New York State Legislature to implement congestion pricing in the City. Here’s what Governor Paterson said: “Congestion pricing addresses two urgent concerns of the residents...continued→
March 21, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
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- columbia, congestion, congestionpricing, earthinstitute, jeffreysachs, newyorkcity, NYC, university, weact
One of the biggest canards of the congestion pricing debate in New York is that the program is somehow regressive, i.e., it discriminates against poor people and mostly benefits upper-income people. Throughout the past two weeks of lobbying, I cannot even...continued→
March 13, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- citycouncil, congestionpricing, governorpaterson, mayorbloomberg, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyorkcity, NYC, trafficcongestion
Today's congestion pricing post comes to you with thanks to our friends at Streetsblog. A Quinnipiac Poll released today shows once again that New Yorkers are decidedly in favor of congestion pricing with revenues allocated for mass transit. The latest...continued→
March 12, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
- Tags:
- congestion, congestionpricing, dot, NYC, nycdot, transportation
Mayor Bloomberg announced a new residential parking permit program today that responds directly to one of the concerns raised by opponents of congestion pricing. Here’s the issue: would some car commuters try to avoid the Manhattan congestion charge by parking in...continued→
March 12, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- congestion, congestionpricing, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyork, NYC, paterson, spitzer
So everything is now up in the air. Governor Elliot Spitzer just resigned a moment ago, and Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is preparing to be New York’s 55th Governor. Governor-to-be Paterson is a well-liked, smart public official, with a long resume...continued→
March 7, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
, The Media and the Environment
, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cityroom, cityroomblog, congestion, congestionpricing, dotearth, dotearthblog, manhattan, mta, newyorkcity, newyorktimes, NYC, times, transit
Over at the Times' City Room blog and Andy Revkin's dotearth blog, there’s some lively debate about a recent poll that showed that more than two-thirds of New York City residents think that, over the next fifty years, parts of...continued→
March 6, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- buses, congestionpricing, leesander, march31, mta, mtacapitalplan, newyorkcity, NYC, nycitycouncil, nyctransit, nystatelegislature, subway, trains
Coming to work today, I was enraptured, as I often am, by the sights and sounds of this great city of New York. On my subway ride, a group of mariachi singers played a few numbers for tips, a local...continued→
