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April 10, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
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- congestion, congestionpricing, mta, trafficcongestion, transit, transportation
By now, of course, anybody who has followed the saga of congestion pricing in New York knows the outcome: on Monday, the New York State Assembly failed to vote on the congestion pricing program, ensuring that it won’t go forward,...continued→
April 2, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
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- bloomberg, congestion, congestionpricing, dailypolitics, elizabethbenjamin, newyorkcity, quinn, trafficcongestion, transit, transportation
On Monday, the New York City Council passed, by a margin of 30-20, the congestion pricing bill, kicking off an intense week of lobbying for its passage in Albany.This was a huge victory for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council...continued→
March 21, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
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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
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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 12, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
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, Health and the Environment
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, U.S. Law and Policy
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- 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
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, 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
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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→
October 16, 2007
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
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- cement, co2, congestion, energyefficiency, globalwarming, hybridcars
Grist has a great piece today about how road builders are now claiming that widening highways can reduce global warming pollution. It's hard to believe that anybody believes this line, yet Grist points out that it's becoming a bit of...continued→
