{"id":450,"date":"2008-04-01T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2008-04-01T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/01\/congestion_pricing_nyc\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:18:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:18:45","slug":"congestion_pricing_nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/01\/congestion_pricing_nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Congestion Pricing Plan Moves Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/02\/sheryl_canter.jpg' height=\"80\" alt='Sheryl Canter' align=\"left\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Image:M3_on_Madison_Avenue_by_David_Shankbone.jpg\"><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/04\/nyc_by_david-shankbone.jpg' width=\"280\" alt='NYC - picture by David Shankbone' align=\"right\" hspace=\"8\" class=\"blogImgRight\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/article.cfm?contentID=6618\">Congestion pricing<\/a> &#8211; an antidote to urban gridlock and tailpipe pollution <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=6241\">used in cities around the world<\/a> &#8211; advanced another step towards passage in New York City yesterday. After almost a year of research, debate, public dialogue and fine-tuning, the <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=7769\">New York City Council voted &quot;yes&quot; to congestion pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop: Albany. If state legislators approve the plan, New York City will soon enjoy less traffic, better mass transit, cleaner air, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/portal\/site\/nycgov\/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0\/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&amp;catID=1194&amp;doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2008a%2Fpr111-08.html&amp;cc=unused1978&amp;rc=1194&amp;ndi=1\">tens of thousands of new construction jobs<\/a> &#8211; good news in a sagging economy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The idea behind congestion pricing is simple: discourage drivers from using the most congested roads at the most congested times by making it more expensive. A congestion fee is collected electronically, and the revenues fund an expansion of mass transit.<\/p>\n<p>The New York City plan is to charge a fee of $8 to cars entering Manhattan below 60<sup>th<\/sup> Street between 6am and 6pm. (For full details, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysdot.gov\/portal\/page\/portal\/programs\/congestion_mitigation_commission\">final recommendation<\/a>.) Congestion fee revenues will fund better buses, subways, and ferries in all five boroughs.<\/p>\n<p>The State Legislature has until April 7<sup>th<\/sup> to approve the plan or risk losing $354 million in federal funds for mass transit improvements. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund. Congestion pricing &#8211; an antidote to urban gridlock and tailpipe pollution used in cities around the world &#8211; advanced another step towards passage in New York City yesterday. 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