http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/13/weiner-goes-on-the-record-on-transportation/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:28:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/13/weiner-goes-on-the-record-on-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Steve Strauss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:37:57 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/13/weiner-goes-on-the-record-on-transportation/#comment-30 The Tri-State Campaign should not dismiss equity issues on congestion pricing if they hope to see a program instituted. While most suburban commuters have long paid tolls to drive into the CBD, they represent just under half of the CBD auto-commuters. Over half of the CBD drivers are City residents and very few of them pay anything to drive into the CBD as the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel carry only about 10% of the traffic entering from the NY side of the CBD. Expecting City drivers to go from zero to $8 in one congestion pricing swoope may be too much for the political establishment to handle. The issue is made even more complex by pending PANYNJ and MTA B&T toll hikes which decrease the amount of revenue that would flow into the congestion pricing account. The Tri-State Campaign should not dismiss equity issues on congestion pricing if they hope to see a program instituted. While most suburban commuters have long paid tolls to drive into the CBD, they represent just under half of the CBD auto-commuters. Over half of the CBD drivers are City residents and very few of them pay anything to drive into the CBD as the Queens Midtown Tunnel and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel carry only about 10% of the traffic entering from the NY side of the CBD. Expecting City drivers to go from zero to $8 in one congestion pricing swoope may be too much for the political establishment to handle. The issue is made even more complex by pending PANYNJ and MTA B&T toll hikes which decrease the amount of revenue that would flow into the congestion pricing account.

]]> http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/13/weiner-goes-on-the-record-on-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:32:19 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/2007/11/13/weiner-goes-on-the-record-on-transportation/#comment-29 [...] Bus Drivers Kept Behind the Wheel (Voice) Weiner's Pricing Alternative Is No Alternative (TSTC)Spitzer Concedes Defeat on License Plan (NYT) Red Hook "De-Gentrification" Pinned on Lack [...] [...] Bus Drivers Kept Behind the Wheel (Voice) Weiner’s Pricing Alternative Is No Alternative (TSTC)Spitzer Concedes Defeat on License Plan (NYT) Red Hook "De-Gentrification" Pinned on Lack [...]

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