Sentences with phrase «time on congestion pricing»

An internal memo that circulated among supporters of the plan in March 2008, obtained separately by Capital, contained a tally of where various assembly members stood at the time on congestion pricing.

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According to Times transit reporter Emma Fitzsimmons, congestion pricing may finally be on the table:

Reporters were speculating about this on Twitter last week, and Cuomo subsequently confirmed to the New York Times that he was looking to develop a congestion pricing proposal, but declined to provide details.

If the payroll tax does indeed get repealed, and they realize that our trains and buses won't run on magic, it could perhaps act as a catalyst to bring bridge tolls and / or congestion pricing to the table — for real, this time.

And it appears that this time, Cuomo might be listening: Though the governor has yet to make any public remarks on the matter, both the Times's Emma Fitzsimmons and NY1's Zack Fink reported via Twitter that Cuomo is looking at how to implement some form of congestion pricing in the city, with the proposal to (potentially) be discussed when the New York State legislature reconvenes for its next session in January.

While there's no telling if congestion pricing would actually pass this time around — or indeed, if Cuomo will actually bring it to the table in January — the city's current transit crisis may be enough, as Stephen Miller wrote in that same City & State piece, to «force Cuomo's hand» on the matter.

At an unrelated press conference on Monday, De Blasio told reporters that he «does not believe» in congestion pricing, the New York Times reports.

The ambitious congestion pricing plan initially backed by Governor Andrew Cuomo is not part of the state budget agreement made on Friday, the New York Times reports.

Those who were around for the debate over congestion pricing in Albany the first time say it wasn't just the details of the plan that led it to fall apart, it was how it got sprung on lawmakers at the last minute.

When asked about times they had bucked their respective parties, Weprin said he had spoken out publicly against Obama's stance that Israel go back to its pre-1967 borders as part of the Middle East peace process and that he stood up to Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) on term limits and congestion pricing.

Congestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subCongestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subcongestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subway below.

And on Monday, in a front - page article in The New York Times, Cuomo said with little elaboration, «Congestion pricing is an idea whose time has come.»

Congestion pricing as policy has also had a difficult time getting through the Capitol, with multiple proposals dying on the legislative vine.

«Uber supports fair and progressive congestion pricing, but this proposed tax on ridesharing apps in the outer boroughs could cause you to pay nearly three times the taxes as someone hailing a taxi in Manhattan.

The administration for the first time Wednesday said it was was open to discussing congestion pricing, which would put tolls on the free East River bridges to help support mass transit.

There's still time to fine - tune any toll scheme on this point: Allow yellow cabs, say, 10 free trips a day into the congestion zone in return for the «crude congestion pricing fee» they've already paid.

The most promising technique for reducing city traffic is called congestion pricing, whereby cities charge a toll on entering certain parts of town at certain times of day.

Varying the price of the express lanes based on the amount of congestion ensures travel speeds of at least 45 mph during peak travel times while vehicles on the general - purpose lanes might be moving at a slower pace.

As to why the State government won't allow congestion pricing, the last time the Labor party was in government in Victoria they copped a lot of stick for allowing any tolls on Eastlink after unwisely having said there wouldn't be any.

A dynamic real - time congestion pricing could be implemented covering all city streets, eliminating undesirable edge effects created by a cordon, charging based on actual congestion, increasing public perception of system fairness (charges based on real congestion, not arbitrary geography)

The London congestion pricing example is often cited, but even more effective is the Singapore system because it is smarter: variable pricing for different times of day and levels of demand, monitored carefully, based on a mandatory tracking device in every vehicle.

We've been disappointed on various levels, whether it's the slowness to change rules related to brownfields, whether it was the state assembly's refusal to vote on congestion pricing, whether it's the Public Service Commission taking a really long time to come up with the final recommendations on the energy portfolio standard proceedings (so we finally can have really ambitious and well thought out energy efficiency projects for New York City).

Milan's system, called Ecopass, is a variation on the congestion pricing used in Stockholm, where vehicles are charged different prices depending on the time of day they enter the city.