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Machiavelli meets the Big Apple
Ten reasons NYC's congestion pricing plan went belly up |
Charles Komanoff |
07 Apr 2008 |
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| Topics: legislation, New York, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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New York City's congestion pricing plan ...
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David Roberts |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: legislation, New York, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Them's the Brakes
Manhattan congestion-pricing plan kicks the bucket |
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07 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:06 PM on 07 Apr 2008 Hopes had run high that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious congestion-pricing plan for the Big Apple would move forward, but the measure has died a quiet death. Democratic members of the State Assembly, determining that the measure was overwhelmingly opposed, neglected to even bring it to the Assembly floor, instead shooting it down with a secret vote. The now-dead plan would have cha ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, New York, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, state politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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