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Jam Plan Is Toast
NYC mayor's traffic-reducing proposal shot down, for now |
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18 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Jam Plan Is Toast NYC mayor's traffic-reducing proposal shot down, for now New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's congestion-fee proposal, reportedly down to the wire on Monday, is now just down, period. The plan would have charged a fee for Manhattan-bound vehicles during peak hours, but the state Senate adjourned without voting on the measure after Democrats made it clear that th ... |
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| Topics: New York City, news, placemaking, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics) |
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No Rush Hour
New York hems and haws over Manhattan congestion fees |
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16 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| No Rush Hour New York hems and haws over Manhattan congestion fees Today is a make-or-break, do-or-die, fish-or-cut-bait, poo-or-get-off-the-pot, we-wish-we-could-think-of-more-hyphenated-clichés day for New York, as state legislators, Governor Eliot Spitzer, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrestle over Bloomberg' ... |
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| Topics: climate, health, innovation, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, public transportation, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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The Bronx Is Up and the Battery's Under the Hood
New York City will convert entire taxi fleet to hybrids |
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23 May 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Bronx Is Up and the Battery's Under the Hood New York City will convert entire taxi fleet to hybrids The big yellow taxis of the Big Apple will all be hybrids by 2012 under a plan announced yesterday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The city has been testing 375 hybrid cabs for 18 months, and will soon begin converting its 13,000-vehicle fleet. "It will be the largest, cleanest fleet of taxis an ... |
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| Topics: New York City, news, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics) |
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