{"id":458,"date":"2008-04-08T11:55:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T16:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/08\/for-now-no-congestion-pricing-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:18:14","slug":"for-now-no-congestion-pricing-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/08\/for-now-no-congestion-pricing-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"For Now, No Congestion Pricing in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/7\/files\/2008\/04\/andy_darrell.jpg' alt='Andy Darrell' height=\"80\" hspace=\"8\" align=\"left\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by <a href=\"http:\/\/edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=907\">Andy Darrell<\/a>, vice president of the Living Cities Program at Environmental Defense Fund.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the New York State Legislature failed to pass congestion pricing for New York City (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny1.com\/ny1\/content\/index.jsp?stid=1&amp;aid=80260\">NY1 report<\/a>), thus <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/04\/01\/congestion_pricing_nyc\/\">forgoing $354 million in federal funds<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Today more than ever, New York and America&#8217;s other big cities need solutions for clean air and better transit &#8211; our health, climate and economy depend on it. Over the past year, an extraordinary majority of New Yorkers came together to support congestion pricing, and of course today&#8217;s setback is very disappointing. But I believe that New York will continue to strive for innovative solutions, and Environmental Defense Fund is dedicated to working with leaders from across the state to help make those solutions real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Andy Darrell, vice president of the Living Cities Program at Environmental Defense Fund. Yesterday, the New York State Legislature failed to pass congestion pricing for New York City (see NY1 report), thus forgoing $354 million in federal funds. 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