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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Policies to reduce and increase driving at the same time Subsidizing drivers needs to end	Jason D Scorse	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This article in the NYT highlights the absurdity of current transportation policy. While New York City is trying to get federal funding to help it pay for a congestion pricing and traffic congestion policy, the federal government is, at the same time, handing out large tax breaks to help people reduce the costs of driving to work. It's yet another example of government policy gone awry, badly. The solution isn't sexy, won't get you on TV, and doesn't make for great ...
Topics: cars, New York, New York city, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Feds fund Bloomberg's congestion plan But still no actual decision on whether it will happen	Kate Sheppard	14 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The federal government has agreed to allot $354 million to New York City to help it launch its congestion pricing plan. Yeah, that one where state legislators were first like 'Hmmm, I dunno,' and then they were all like 'no way,' and then some enviros were like, 'Eh, maybe it's not that great anyway.' Not that federal funding guarantees that the state will approve the plan, so stay tuned.
Topics: cars, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Congestion pricing saves more than it costs Bloomberg’s law: Environment equals economic growth	Grist	28 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This guest essay comes from Steven Cohen and Jacob Victor. Steven Cohen is executive director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and director of its Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs. Jacob Victor is an intern at Columbia's Earth Institute. After overcoming numerous obstacles in Albany, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial congestion-pricing plan finally appear ...
Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Bloomberg's congestion fee plan ... Dead	David Roberts	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
... killed by lawmakers in Albany.
Topics: cars, New York City, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

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