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April 10, 2008
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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, U.S. Law and Policy
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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
, 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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- 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 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→
December 11, 2007
Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution
, Environmental Justice
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
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- bloomberg, buildings, congestionpricing, diesel, gothamgazette, newyorkcity, PlaNYC2030, pollution, QueensMuseum, sustainability, transportation
About a year ago in Queens, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the outlines of his sustainability plan. I wrote about it in a recent Gotham Gazette article, but neglected to alert Switchboard readers to it, so am doing so now.He presented...continued→
