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Gridlock Sam Offers Four Ideas to Cut Traffic Congestion

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 12, 2007 | 16 Comments

In today’s Daily News, former New York City Deputy Traffic Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz says congestion pricing should "proceed now" and offers four additional ideas for creating a little breathing room on Manhattan’s streets: One way to reduce congestion is to reduce the number of taxis – permanently. I did the math when I was […]

Delivering the Goods to a Growing New York

By Jason Varone | Aug 23, 2007 | 7 Comments

In June, NYU’s Wagner Rudin Center of Transportation Policy & Management teamed up with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council to host an event focused on current and future freight needs in the New York metro region. Their report cited increased consumption and congestion as serious challenges to moving goods in and around the city: […]

New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the “Highway to Nowhere”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 6, 2007 | 7 Comments

Sheridan Swap is a new blog covering the Mother of All Livable Streets projects — the long-running campaign to convert one mile of little-used highway running along the Bronx River into affordable housing, parkland, greenway and economic opportunity for one of the city’s most beleaguered neighborhoods. The blog is run by the Southern Bronx River […]

Queens Legislator Offers Congestion Pricing Torpedo

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 10, 2007 | 38 Comments

Assembly Member Rory Lancman from Fresh Meadows, Queens has sent a three-page letter to his fellow legislators soliciting their support for a legislative alternate to Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing proposal and long-term planning ominbus bill, Sewell Chan reports. "Instead of threatening to beat New Yorkers over the head with a $2,000 a year stick if […]

Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues

By Sarah Goodyear | Jun 11, 2007 | 1 Comment

A third-grader was hit on her way to school here two weeks ago. You have to move fast to beat the turning traffic on Fourth Avenue. DOT Deputy Commissioner for Brooklyn Dalila Hall faced some tough questioning from members of the public at a meeting on pedestrian safety on Third and Fourth avenues in Brooklyn […]

High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London

By Sarah Goodyear | May 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

London mayor Ken Livingstone, whose congestion-pricing plan has served as a model for Mayor Bloomberg’s, is expected to unveil today an even more radical measure aimed at reducing pollution in his city. According to the Guardian, Livingstone’s proposal would target high-emission commercial vehicles: Ken Livingstone is expected to confirm that older, "dirtier" lorries and buses […]

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