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Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate

By Jason Varone | Apr 15, 2008 | 22 Comments

This recent constituent e-mail shows that Council Member Jessica Lappin’s lukewarm support for congestion pricing seems to have turned into full-fledged support now that the proposal has no chance of being implemented (taking a page out of Assemblywoman Joan Millman‘s book). In Lappin’s defense, she did vote for pricing when it came before the council. […]

What Glick’s District Will Lose Without Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2008 | 21 Comments

With the fate of congestion pricing likely to be decided over the weekend, we’re going to beat this drum some more this afternoon. Yesterday we heard that Assembly Member Deborah Glick’s office told a constituent the congestion pricing bill could lead to worsening air quality. (Because, you know, building mass transit infrastructure will cancel out […]

What Your District Loses Without Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2008 | 3 Comments

The Campaign for New York’s Future has some handy fact sheets on the transit upgrades outlined in the MTA 2008-2013 Capital Plan, broken down by city and state electoral districts. Since many of these projects will be threatened without the hundreds of millions in annual revenues expected from congestion pricing, some legislators may need to […]

Glick Worried Pricing Will Make Air Quality Worse

By Ben Fried | Apr 3, 2008 | 38 Comments

Reader Sarah Ferguson reports that Assembly Member Deborah Glick (right), who represents Lower Manhattan, has come up with a novel twist on Richard Brodsky’s call for further environmental review of congestion pricing. Read on for the full story, and keep making those phone calls. We want to know what else legislators are telling their constituents […]

Sadik-Khan: What We Lose Without Congestion Pricing [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Mar 24, 2008 | 9 Comments

Ben Fried reports live from the City Council congestion pricing hearing, underway at City Hall: According to Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, without congestion pricing: Western Queens will not see a 39% reduction in its most severe traffic jams and a 6.1 percent reduction in total traffic; will not get new bus routes from Middle Village […]

Ads Pitch Pricing Benefits to Transit-Taking Majority

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

With the March 31 deadline to qualify for $354M in federal transit funds approaching, the Campaign for New York’s Future and the Empire State Transportation Alliance have rolled out an ad campaign to get the public behind congestion pricing. The three print ads and one TV spot, sponsored by Environmental Defense, direct their audience to […]

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