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Diplomats Exempt from Congestion Fee
Thursday, April 03, 2008
New York, NY —
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has tried to hold the line on loopholes in his congestion pricing plan. But, one group of people he's already agreed to exempt from the fee are foreign representatives to the United Nations and their almost 3,000 cars.
WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.
The federal ...
Comptroller Offers Congestion Pricing Fixes
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
New York, NY —
City Comptroller Bill Thompson has offered two solutions to nagging complains about Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal.
In a letter to Gov. David Paterson, Thompson, a mayoral candidate, recommends that all drivers get three free trips a month into Manhattan's central business district to go ...
Congestion Pricing Plan Approved by City Council in Tight Vote
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
New York, NY —
In one of its closest votes ever, the City Council voted last night to support a revised version of Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan. That plan aims to cut traffic and pollution by compelling more commuters onto mass transit. The money collected by charging drivers ...
City Council Committee Approves Congestion Pricing Proposal
Monday, March 31, 2008
New York, NY —
A city council committee has approved the mayor's proposal to charge drivers an 8 dollar fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street, by a 6 to three vote. It now goes to the full council.
WNYC's Matthew Schuerman is joining us live.
Council Speaker Christine Quinn says ...
City Council to Vote on Congestion Pricing Today
Monday, March 31, 2008
New York, NY —
The scheduled vote by the city council later this afternoon on congestion pricing suggests that the proposal to charge drivers to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan does have the support of a majority of council members, and even a majority of state lawmakers.
REPORTER: One ...
Garden Backs Out of Moynihan Plan
Friday, March 28, 2008
New York, NY —
Madison Square Garden announced yesterday that it was giving up on a public-private partnership that was supposed to build a new Penn Station.Instead, it will move forward with a renovation of its current facility, which was first announced four years ago.
WNYC's Matthew Schuerman has ...
Traffic Fee Foes in Queens Take to the Street
Friday, March 28, 2008
New York, NY —
"Honk if you are against congestion pricing" — that was the message on signs a few Queens politicians and business leaders held aloft for motorists at the Queensboro Bridge this morning. Organizer and City Councilman Tony Avella says the location was chosen to make a ...
Yard Work
Thursday, March 27, 2008
7, L Trains City's Cleanest
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
New York, NY —
Eighty-eight percent the cars on the L line were rated as clean, compared to just 61 percent the last time the survey was taken two years ago.
The 7 train saw even more dramatic improvement - it jumped from the fourth dirtiest line to tie for ...
MTA Awards Rail Yards Development Rights to Tishman Speyer
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
New York, NY —
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded the development rights of its Hudson Rail yards to Tishman Speyer. Tishman's winning bid brings to an end the tussle over the future of the rail yards, one that began when Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed using some of that ...
MTA Backpedals on New Service
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
New York, NY —
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is going go back on the word given by its chief executive just three weeks ago. Lee Sander told thousands of people during the first ever State of the MTA address that he wanted to go ahead with $30 million worth ...
City Council Discusses Congestion Pricing
Monday, March 24, 2008
New York, NY —
It's a do-or-die week for congestion pricing.
The state legislature set next Monday as the deadline for the $8 per car fee to drive into Manhattan. But first, the proposal has to pass through the City Council, which holds a hearing on it today.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg ...
City Council Hears Testimony on Congestion Pricing
Monday, March 24, 2008
New York, NY —
City Council Members are hearing testimony for both opponents and supporters of congestion pricing today. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's aides again dangled the prospect of losing a $354 million federal grant as an incentive to approve the plan within the next seven days.
Queens Council Member Melinda ...
M.T.A. Begs Albany for more Transit Funds
Friday, March 21, 2008
New York, NY —
The federal government gave out more than $4.5 billion after September 11 to invest in downtown transportation improvements. Now that these projects are being built, state agencies are finding that the money was not nearly enough to pay for them all. WNYC's Matthew Schuerman reports.
The ...
Weakening Economy may Delay Atlantic Yards Project
Friday, March 21, 2008
New York, NY —
Ever since it got approved at the end of 2006, Forest City Ratner has said it is sticking to its schedule for completing the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn within 10 years.
Now the developer acknowledges that the shaky economy may delay construction after all. WNYC's ...
Changed Deadline for Congestion Pricing
Thursday, March 20, 2008
New York, NY —
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is still acting as if March 31 is the deadline for a congestion pricing plan to pass in Albany, though a wrinkle in the way the state and federal government set the deadlines may actually give him an extra week.
Yesterday, the ...
JPMorgan's Downtown Deal Still Unclear
Thursday, March 20, 2008
New York, NY —
The Port Authority has suggested that JPMorgan is still interested in building something at Ground Zero.
But Mayor Michael Bloomberg, asked at a press conference yesterday if he was sure the firm would hold onto the lower Manhattan property, he wasn't convinced.
BLOOMBERG: No, I ...
Lack of Yankee Funds for South Bronx
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
New York, NY —
The new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is more than halfway finished. It's expected to be ready on schedule by opening day of 2009.
But, the surrounding neighborhood isn't seeing all the benefits that were supposed to come, even while residents are contending with construction noise.
WNYC’s ...
Lower Manhattan Suffers from Buyout
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
New York, NY —
Downtown boosters scored a huge point last summer when JPMorgan Chase committed to building a new investment banking headquarters at Ground Zero.
For years, lower Manhattan had been losing financial companies to Midtown, first because of the better transportation that Grand Central Terminal provided. Then, because ...
Mayor Bloomberg Outlines Case for Congestion Pricing
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
New York, NY —
City and state legislators have just 13 days before they're required to vote on a plan to charge an $8 fee to drivers for entering the busiest parts of Manhattan. Yet congestion pricing seems far from their minds. The economy, the mood on Wall Street, ...