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New Poll: Most NYers support congestion pricing if money goes to transit

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

Congestion Pricing Update: Yesterday in Albany, and What's Next?

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

Congestion Pricing enters the stretch

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

Rich Kassel
Rich Kassel
Senior Attorney and Director, Clean Fuels and Vehicles Project
New York City
I came to NRDC in 1991 on a three-year grant, and never left.  Over the...
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