Bloomberg's Congestion Pricing Plan Passed by City Council
Tuesday April 1, 2008
The City Council narrowly approved Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan last night by a vote of 30 to 20. The proposal will now be evaluated by state lawmakers in Albany. Albany will have to make a decision before April 7th in order for the city to qualify for federal funds of $354 million, which are attached to the plan.In a nutshell, the congestion pricing plan would require drivers to pay $8 to travel south of 60th Street in Manhattan between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays.
I asked New York City traffic and parking expert Margot Tohn to summarize everything we need to know about Congestion Pricing in New York City, but were afraid to ask. Read Margot's Congestion Pricing Guide for New York City drivers.
What's your take on congestion pricing? Is it a brilliant idea or unfair to commuters?
Comments
I like the idea. These are the types of measures we need to take to make a real difference in improving the environment. And the NYC area has such convenient public transportation, it doesn’t make sense to me why anyone would want to drive. Yuck.
You’ve probably never heard of the Bloomberg backed Broadwater project but it’s important because it totally contradicts his congestion pricing initiative.
Congestion pricing trades cost & convenience for environmental benefits. Bloomberg’s Broadwater gas project trades (uncertain) cost & convenience for environmental harm. It’s an embarrassing contradiction which helps explain why the mayor is absent in the heated Shell Broadwater debate. Keep Shell out of Long Island Sound!
More on the connection between congestion pricing and Shell Broadwater:
http://fraudwater.blogspot.com
More on Bloomberg’s Broadwater:
http://www.fraudwater.com