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Who Failed Congestion Pricing?

There's much to be said for Komanoff's list, but let me add another item.  When the MTA voted to increase fares for subway and bus riders in December 2007, it promised to make mass transit life a bit easier by adding more frequent service on several subway lines, creating a new bus line from the Lower East Side and extending Manhattan-bound Brooklyn buses.

But just last month, the MTA reneged on these commitments.  The timing could not have been worse for shredding the credibility of the Mayor's promise to improve mass transit at the cost of paying a congestion pricing fee.  What was the MTA thinking!On Ten reasons NYC's congestion pricing plan went belly up posted 1 year, 7 months ago 18 Responses

Greening Buildings Already Built

Stroll down any New York City street to catch a glimpse of the climate challenge embedded in our buildings. And it is a challenge because we cannot get anywhere near the City's 30% target for reducing the size of its carbon footprint by the year 2030 if these buildings aren't transformed into high performance, energy-saving green machines. Since all that brick, glass and steel can last 50, 80 or a 100 years, the impact of what we have now becomes the legacy for our great-grandchildren.

The only way to make a deep and durable impact on this City's patchwork array of 950,000 buildings is by changing the rules, not just the options, for going green. The rules that matter most are the New York City Building Code and the State's Energy Conservation Construction Code and it is an article of faith that amending them is never easy.

What's in our tool kit and what are our choices? Read
When Starting Over Is Not An Option On Green building may be quickest path to decreased emissions posted 1 year, 8 months ago 8 Responses