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Cathartic Congestion Pricing Follow-Up

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Politics, Transportation on Apr 9th, 2008

We just can’t quit you, CP!
So, um, we know we said we won’t dwell too long on the State Assembly’s totally insane (and “cowardly” and “shameful”) refusal to even put CP to vote, but the media fallout (particularly the Silver-bashing) has been somehow cathartic. So if you’re looking for some sense of right and […]

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“Congestion Pricing Is Dead. Long Live Congestion Pricing”

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Livable Streets, Politics, Transportation on Apr 7th, 2008

And just like that, with hardly a discussion and nary a public vote up in Albany, it is over.
From the Times’ City Room:
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ambitious dream to remake New York City streets with an elaborate plan for congestion pricing died on Monday, after Democrats refused to put the bill to a […]

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