Media

The Truth about Congestion Pricing and Mass Transit (text and video)
(2007-07-08)
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Carpooling Gets Boost (Crain's Insider)
(2008-08-19)

How the City and State Shortchanged the M.T.A.(New York Times)
(2008-08-14)

Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Applauds San Francisco For Rejecting Golden Gate Congestion Toll
With commnentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-14)

Congestion Tax supporter's re-election OPPOSED by City Hall (New York Times)
Includes "note" by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-13)

Golden Gate Bridge congestion toll plan dies (San Francisco Chronicle)
With commnents by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-12)

No Congestion Toll, But Congestion Parking Meters Coming to SF (KCBS Radio)
Includes "note" by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-12)

Golden Gate Bridge 'congestion toll' scrapped (Press Democrat)
(2008-08-12)

TfL Admits Livingstone Regime Deliberately Obstructed Traffic Flows (Association of British Drivers)
(2008-08-12)

London gridlock at pre-congestion charge levels (Guardian)
(2008-08-06)

London congestion rises back to pre-charging levels (Transport for London)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-08)

San Francisco discusses with the Community first (The Newspaper)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-08-04)

Seven-Month Decline in Travel Reflected in Highway Trust Fund (USDOT)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-28)

"Pols Show Real Backbone" says Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
responding to Daily News article
(2008-07-24)

KABBALAH PARKING PARADISE (New York Post)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-20)

Correcting the Record, Once Again (Letter to New York Times)
(2008-07-13)

Can't Find a Parking Spot? Check Smartphone (New York Times)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-12)

MTA tells execs to curb cars (Daily News)
Includes commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-10)

City to Test Peak Rates for Parking Meters (New York Times)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-10)

Cost of Driving Does What Law Was Trying To (New York Times)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-03)

Honolulu Mayor vows to veto congestion-fee idea (Star-Bulletin)
(2008-07-02)

Another Solution Bites the Dust (See PlaNYC Agents Nixed in Crains Insider)
With commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-01)

Can Parking Policy Ease Congestion? (New York Times Wheels blog)
With introductory commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-07-01)

U.S. Embassy Refuses to Pay London Congestion "tax" (Commuter Outrage)
(2008-06-26)

Sydney joins New York in rejecting the Congestion Tax (See article in CarCentral.com.au)
With introductory commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-06-25)

Taxi Stands Get Second Look (Crains Insider)
With introductory commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-06-11)

E-ZPass freebies cost MTA $14M a year (Daily News)
(2008-06-10)

Still Not Quite Over Congestion Pricing (Daily News)
With introductory commentary by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-05-06)

DRIVERS GO PUBLIC: TOLL & GAS HIKES SPUR TRANSIT SURGE (New York Post)
(2008-05-04)

Pols beware..... Read what happens
Colorful Tory Beats Laborite to Become Mayor of London (New York Times) (2008-05-03)

New York, True to Mayor's Promise, Slashes City Parking Permits (New York Times)
(2008-05-01)

London congestion charge did not improve air quality (New Scientist)
Some pollutants even rose
(2008-04-30)

"...six years has made little or no difference to the traffic jams in central London" (New York Times)
Op-ed from London, Clown Prince of the City, by A.A. Gill
(2008-04-27)

L.A. drives away with N.Y.C. cash (Daily News)
Notice the no-bridge toll alternative LA got "paid" to do
(2008-04-26)

Is the Long-term Sustainability Plan Sustainable? (Gotham Gazette)
City Hall failed to engage NYC's neighborhoods and their Community Boards and elected officials in the conception and development of PlaNYC2030 and its Congestion Tax.
(2008-04-21)

To be Assembly speaker, first you have to get elected (Albany Times-Union)
(2008-04-21)

Congestion Pricing: Just Another Regressive Tax? (New York Times)
(2008-04-20)

NYERS CHEER CONGEST-FEE NIX (New York Post)
The public remains happy that the congestion tax got killed
(2008-04-18)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey, spokesman for Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
It is now time to consider real traffic mitigation alternatives...
(2008-04-07)

NY POST OPPOSES THE CONGESTION TAX SCHEME
Editorial: A TOLL TOO FAR
(2008-04-07)

The Traffic Tax (New York Sun Editorial)
(2008-04-07)

The Latest Slap (New York Sun)
Column by Alicia Colon
(2008-04-04)

History for the Speaker (New York Sun)
Column by Andrew Wolf
(2008-04-04)

Pay to play, Bloomberg-style (Riverdale Press Editorial)
(2008-04-03)

Congestion Pricing: Wrong Plan at a Bad Time
According to Conservative Party State Chairman Michael R. Long
(2008-04-03)

Pork handouts offered to pressure council members to OK congestion plan
Juan Gonzalez column (Daily News)
(2008-04-02)

Crowded New York-LI will benefit from flex time
Newsday Op-ed by Baruch professor J. David Lichtenthal
(2008-04-02)

New York State Law says congestion pricing scheme is dead
Statement by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-04-01)

Statement by Senator Ruben Diaz posted to NY Times City Room Blog
(2008-04-01)

Assembly Member Brodsky Critiques new Senate bill
(2008-03-30)

THEY SAY LONDON; WE SAY: SHOW THE LONDON $$$
(2008-03-30)

Congestion pricing would have wide-ranging effects (Newsday)
(2008-03-30)

GOV BUDGET BLOW TO $TRAPPED-HANGERS (New York Post)
(2008-03-29)

in the past the state had diverted mass transit money to other purposes in MTA, city fear Paterson will cut budget (Daily News)
(2008-03-29)

NYERS ON NEW FEES: NY politicians cannot be trusted to use congestion-pricing funds for mass transit. and other comments by regular folk
(New York Post letters to the editor) (2008-03-29)

Avella & Weprin Hold Anti-Congestion Pricing Rally
with with Queens Civic Congress and Queens Chamber of Commerce (see photo) (2008-03-28)

Council has votes to block congestion pricing: Avella (TimesLedger)
(2008-03-28)

Police, Fire Unions Come Out Against Congestion Pricing (Daily Politics)
(2008-03-28)

DOLLARS IN (MAYBE) - DOLLARS OUT (FOR REAL)
Governor's budget cuts $60 million for transit
(2008-03-28)

A Big 'No' to Congestion Pricing From Three Non-Downtown Boards
Brooklyn Community Boards 7 and 10 join Board 14, Bronx CB 8 and Queens CBs 4, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13
(2008-03-28)

Congestion Pricing means Two New Yorks
Councilman Fidler - in youtube video - says congestion pricing could create a city of "haves" and "have-nots"
(2008-03-28)

Rightful suspicion (Staten Island Advance editorial)
(2008-03-27)

A $10 Fee Can Save the Day For Congestion Pricing (Brooklyn Eagle)
(2008-03-27)

COMMENTS ON CITY COUNCIL NON-VOTE
Statement by Corey Bearak, Policy Advisor, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2008-03-26)

Vallone Vows Vote Against Congestion Pricing (Queens Gazette)
Opposition to the Congestion Tax at western Queens Community Board 1
(2008-03-26)

weeks later, that all vanished. admits Council Speaker Quinn
about the MTA enhancements(The Politicker)
(2008-03-26)

the public has every right to be skeptical so says our Mayor (Newsday)
(2008-03-26)

The Straphangers call it "a raw deal," and so should you.
UNFARE! TRANSIT FIX-UPS DERAILED (New York Post)
(2008-03-25)

No E-ZPass, Pay $9.00 (Gotham Gazette's Wonkster)
(2008-03-25)

There Are No Guarantees
See SHOW US THE TRANSIT $$, SAY CONGEST FOES (NY Post)
(2008-03-25)

Unfair Congestion Tax - Chock Full of Lies
Statement to NYC Council Committee on State Legislation by Corey B. Bearak, Esq.
(2008-03-24)

CWA Local 1180 President Arthur Cheliotes Testimony to NYC Council Committee on State Legislation
(2008-03-24)

So It Goes.....False Promises - AFTER - they got their money
M.T.A. Postpones Subway and Bus Service Upgrades (New York Times City Room)
(2008-03-24)

Queens Chamber of Commerce Statement to NYC Council Committee on State Legislation
(2008-03-24)

congestion pricing is bad public policy for the city
Opinion: Why I Drive by Andrew Wolf (New York Sun)
(2008-03-24)

City Council Hearing on the Congestion Tax March 24, 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.)
(2008-03-24)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey on Paterson and congestion pricing
(2008-03-21)

Juan Gonzalez column: Coughing up congestion (Daily News)
(2008-03-21)

Brooklyn Community Board 7 (Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park)rejects the congestion tax (Gowanus Lounge)
Joins CBs 4Q, 6Q, 7Q, 8Q, 8X, 11Q, 13Q, 14K
(2008-03-20)

Brooklyn Community Board 14 (Flatbush, Midwood) presses new Governor on congestion tax (letter)
(2008-03-19)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey on the Congestion Pricing delay
(2008-03-18)

Queens State Senator refusing to get rolled over
over by the congestion taxers aka the pricing pushers (StreetBlog)
(2008-03-17)

This news article shows Rep. Weiner called it right See:
Bush Officials Criticized for Privatization (Washington Post)
(2008-03-17)

Governor Corzine on the impacts of a congestion tax
In Marcia Kramer's WCBS-TV news report
(2008-03-17)

CONGESTION TAX SCHEME: DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR LIES
15th Truth: Congestion Taxers will say anything to promote their scheme
(2008-03-10)

The USDOT Congestion Pricing Grant date is fiction
So stated Henry Stern, NY Civic
(2008-03-07)

So who else is using our funds to promote the congestion tax?
Read what Councilman Lew Fidler says (Daily News)
(2008-03-07)

Congestion Pricing is "a tax on the poor and middle class,"
so says Assemblyman Joseph Lentol to the Crain's Insider
(2008-03-07)

Brodsky grills MTA chief on $30 billion capital plan (Journal News)
(2008-03-07)

No Parking Spot? Here Are About 142,000 Reasons (New York Times)
(2008-03-06)

City's Parking Permits Problem Worse Than Thought (New York Sun)
(2008-03-06)

Payoffs. A Good Government Reason to turn thumbs down on the congestion tax. (Streets Blog)
(2008-03-04)

Congestion Pricing Congested At Council (Daily Politics)
(2008-03-04)

unfairness, inequity and perhaps, even "gentrification" (New York Times City Room)
(2008-03-04)

Road charging plan 'in tatters' (BBC News)
(2008-03-04)

Congestion Pricing: Where's the bill? (Staten Island Advance City Hall Insider)
(2008-03-03)

CONGESTION TAX SCHEME: RESULT OF CLOSED PROCESS
14th Truth: Selective Review and Consideration = Flawed Plan
(2008-03-03)

The 2008-13 MTA Capital Plan: The Costs Are Out of Control (Room Eight)
(2008-03-03)

Letter to the editor: Congestion Pricing (Downtown Express)
(2008-02-29)

Look at What They Want the Congestion Tax to Pay For.
THE MTA'S LATEST DISASTER (NY Post)
(2008-02-28)

M.T.A. Plan Shows Less Help From Congestion Pricing (NY Times)
...so-called congestion pricing would cover a relatively small portion – 15 percent – of money needed for transit improvements. That would leave the authority still scrambling for money.
(2008-02-28)

"...there currently aren't enough Republican votes to carry the [congestion pricing] measure," reports Liz Benjamin (Daily News)
(2008-03-03)

ASSEMBLY COOL TO CONGE$TION (NY Post)
(2008-02-28)

Mario Cuomo Not So Sure This Congestion-Pricing Thing Is Happening (NY Magazine Daily Intelligencer)
(2008-02-28)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
Congestion Pricing scheme offers no guarantees for mass transit improvements
(2008-02-27)

MTA Needs $30 Billion To Maintain and Expand Services (WNYC Radio)
(2008-02-27)

Mayor's Traffic Plan Draws Criticism of Weiner (NY Sun)
(2008-02-26)

CONGESTION TAX HERDS HARD-WORKING NEW YORKERS IN ALREADY CROWDED TRANSIT
13th Truth: No Room at the Inn; Still Pay Through the Nose.
(2008-02-25)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
pro-congestion pricing ads: too many questions, no answers
(2008-02-25)

Queens Courier editorial: Kill congestion pricing in City Council
(2008-02-22)

Comptroller Bill Thompson on Congestion Pricing:
unfair to New Yorkers. (WNBC-TV News Forum)
(2008-02-17)

Congestion Pricing Debate:
Brodsky on the 'Lock Box' (The Politicker)
(2008-02-17)

Opponents to Congestion Pricing Urge NO Vote
to City Council, Assembly and State Senate Members
(2008-02-14)

Congestion Pricing Is Environmentally Precarious
Queens Gazette Op-ed by AssemblyMember Andrew Hevesi
(2008-02-13)

NO SPACE FOR CARS NEAR CONGEST ZONES (NY Post)
(2008-02-13)

2008-02-12_Ted Kheel comments on the Commission Congestion Pricing Plan
excerpt from City Hall newspaper
(2008-02-12)

Rockland opposes congestion pricing (Mid-Hudson News Network)
(2008-02-08)

Congestion pricing is a tax,
says City Council Transportation chair John Liu
(2008-02-07)

Strike two for revised congestion plan (Riverdale Press)
Op-ed by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz
(2008-02-07)

Queens Courier editorial: KO congestion pricing
(2008-02-07)

Queens Pols Reject Congestion Toll (Queens Chronicle)
(2008-02-07)

CONGESTION TAX SCHEME MADE WORSE
12th Truth: Already Unfair Scheme Made Even More Punitive and Unfair
(2008-02-04)

Congestion Pricing Could Lead To 'Hunting Licenses' (Queens Gazette)
(2008-02-06)

it's worth thinking carefully (New York Post)
before hitting up already tax-besieged New Yorkers with yet another fee
(2008-02-04)

Commuters pan congestion pricing (The Journal News)
(2008-02-02)

all this is doing is putting another tax or premium on (Logistics Management)
(2008-02-01)

New Yorkers comment on the latest Congestion Tax scheme (WNYC)
(2008-01-31)

Statement regarding final "verdict" by the
Kangaroo Court on Congestion Pricing
(2008-01-31)

Soaring Contruction Costs (WNYC)
doublespeak at work (2008-01-29)

Lower Manhattan residents expressed their opposition to the City's congestion tax scheme at a Community Board 1 forum
(2008-01-25)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, lead spokesman, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
Slimmed down traffic congestion fee plan
(2008-01-25)

NYCDOT Deputy Commissioner admits they do not know
See Meetings to study congestion parking (Daily News)
(2008-01-25)

Islanders' message at hearing on congestion pricing: Fatigue (S.I. Advance)
(2008-01-25)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
LACK OF PUBLIC IN PUBLIC HEARINGS
(2008-01-24)

Congestion Tax - Chock Full of False Promises
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by Corey B. Bearak, Esq.
(2008-01-24)

Queens Borough President Helen Marshall's
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
(2008-01-24)

Detour to Disaster (Queens Courier)
A Congestion Pricing video (2008-01-24)

Too Many Questions; So Few Answers (Queens Courier Op-ed)
Op-ed column by Walter McCaffrey (2008-01-24)

Assembly Member Vivian Cook: "congestion pricing is a tax on people
that can least afford to pay it" (Queens Courier)
(2008-01-24)

Queens Bd. 1 Challenges Congestion Pricing (Queens Gazette)
(2008-01-24)

Queens pols weigh in on congestion pricing (Queens Courier)
(2008-01-24)

Queens Courier editorial: Kill Congestion Pricing
(2008-01-24)

5 Different Pricing Plans (Queens Courier)
(2008-01-24)

Congestion pricing debate heats up (Queens Courier)
(2008-01-18)

New York congestion hearing draws scores (Newsday)
(2008-01-17)

Public Sounds Off On Congestion Pricing Plans (New York 1)
Mere vague assurances on this are not enough
(2008-01-17)

Queens Board 4 Rejects Congestion Pricing Plan (Times Newsweekly)
Joins Queens Community Boards 6, 7, 8, 11 and 13
(2008-01-17)

CAR-FEE PLAN DRIVES COMMUTERS TO RAGE (NY Post)
(2008-01-17)

NYC residents get it!
Read the comments on this Daily News article on how officials look to make phony guarantees
(2008-01-17)

New Visions Dem Club hears pro, con cases (Times Ledger)
outerborough residents would be disproportionately affected
(2008-01-17)

Low-cost alternatives could fix congestion pricing (Times Ledger)
Former CB11Q Chair Bernard Haber, P.E. says plan "would hit northeast Queens hardest"
(2008-01-17)

Majority Of NY'ers Reject Congestion Pricing: Poll (Queens Chronicle)
(2008-01-17)

CB 2 questions mayor's vision of city (Times Ledger)
(2008-01-17)

Congestion Pricing Opposed At Town Hall (Queens Gazette)
(2008-01-17)

Congestion Pricing Opponents Blast Bridge Tolls Idea (Queens Gazette)
(2008-01-17)

Weiner praises congestion alternatives (Times Ledger)
The Congressman says "Congestion pricing is simply a bad idea"
(2008-01-17)

NYC's Congestion Tax Scheme: Too Many Questions; So Few Answers
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by Walter McCaffrey
(2008-01-16)

Avoid the Congestion Tax Pit Inside a Sweet Fruit
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by Corey B. Bearak, Esq.
(2008-01-16)

Sometimes when you try to kill two birds with one stone, you just wind up missing both birds.
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by Hugh O'Neill, Appleseed President
(2008-01-16)

Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner
Testifies before NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
See the report submitted with his testimony
(2008-01-16)

Queens Chamber of Commerce
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by Albert F. Pennisi, President
(2008-01-16)

CONGESTION TAX WOULD PUT LABOR OUT IN THE COLD
Testimony to NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission by John Mullins
(2008-01-16)

Brooklyn Community Board 14 (Flatbush, Midwood) rejects the congestion tax (letter)
Joins CBs 4Q, 6Q, 7Q, 8Q, 8X, 11Q, 13Q
(2008-01-15)

Running Scared: Congestion Pricing Questions (Village Voice)
Who's skeptical about the mayor's traffic plan? The companies bidding to run it.
(2008-01-15)

CONGESTION TAX SCHEME ISSUES REMAIN UNADDRESSED
11th Truth: Too Many Questions; So Few Answers
(2008-01-14)

CONGESTION CRITICS GET $USPICIOUS (NY Post)
(2008-01-14)

Profits from Mayor Bloomberg's congestion plan may go elsewhere (Daily News)
(2008-01-14)

Coverage of City Hall Press Lockbox news conference (Epoch Times)
(2008-01-14)

Better Transit New York blogger
recognizes how the city congestion tax plan and its toll/tax variants fail to meet its claims
(2008-01-13)

[T]axing access makes no sense to address congestion
See Professor Donald Shoup: How About Congestion Parking
(2008-01-12)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
No guarantees money will be used for mass transit improvements
(2008-01-10)

STATEMENT BY WALTER McCAFFREY, Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
The Public has spoken again in new Quinnipiac Poll
(2008-01-10)

Vast majority of Staten Islanders oppose congestion pricing, poll shows (Staten Island Advance)
(2008-01-10)

FAULTY PREMISE IN FOLLOWING LONDON SCHEME
10th Truth: London Tax Not for NYC; Just Does Not Fit
(2008-01-07)

TOP DOWN SCHEME MASKED INSIDE “GREEN” PLAN
9th Truth: Congestion Tax – Avoid the Pit Inside a Sweet Fruit
(2007-12-31)

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
shares his concerns about the City's congestion tax (The Brooklyn Paper)
(2007-12-29)

BRITISH CITIES SHUN LONDON'S WASTEFUL CAR TAX (San Francisco Sentinel)
notes the total failure of the London congestion tax other than to line the pockets of the bureaucrats
(2007-12-28)

CONGESTION TAX – CAN'T SAVE THE FARE; NOT ENOUGH FOR PROJECTS
8th Truth: Congestion Tax – Projects and Promises Just Do Not Add Up
(2007-12-24)

Pols, stop force-feeding N.Y. huge ideas
such as the city's congestion tax scheme
columnist Errol Louis points out the folly (Daily News)
(2007-12-23)

Community Board 8 (The Bronx) opposes City Congestion Tax scheme
Joins Queens Community Boards 7, 8, 11 and 13
See Board 8 votes 'no' to mayor's congestion plan (The Riverdale Press)
(2007-12-20)

Queens hit hardest by congestion pricing (Queens Courier, Daily News)
(2007-12-20)

Parking Guru supports parking policy as a remedy to congestion
See Illustrating Parking Reform with Dr. Shoup (StreetFilms)
(2007-12-20)

CONGESTION TAX – EAST RIVER TOLLS: THE ULTIMATE NYC DRIVER TAX
7th Truth: Congestion Tax – East River Tolls give a free-pass to non-residents
(2007-12-17)

East River Bridges and Tolls (NY Times editorial)
the vast majority who crowd the business district are not regular users of East River bridges.
(2007-12-16)

Whacking Groundhogs (NY Sun)
Column by Andrew Wolf
(2007-12-14)

GREEN APPLE BLOSSOMING (NY Post)
NYC 2nd Greenest of any American city
(2007-12-13)

Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium (StreetsBlog)
Parking Guru sees Cruising causing congestion
(2007-12-12)

CONGESTION TAX – ONLY FOR CITY RESIDENTS
6th Truth: Live Outside the City, Pay No Congestion Tax
(2007-12-12)

A Reader comments on the IBO Report (Village Voice)
only NYC residents will pay the full freight of this misbegotten tax.
(2007-12-12)

Mayor's intrepid traffic plan must avoid being intrusive (Daily News)
NYC Civil Liberties Union says city plan raises enormous privacy concerns
(2007-12-12)

Traffic congestion plan could hit 3rd rail (Daily News)
(2007-12-11)

British cities shun London's wasteful car tax (The Sunday Times of London)
Five years later: traffic jams are almost as bad as they were to start off with.
(2007-12-09)

the congestion tax just raises the costs of goods to consumers (Forbes)
driving and even non-driving New Yorkers bear a disproportionate costs of a regressive tax
(2007-12-08)

Letter from Assembly Member Richard Brodsky
to NYC Traffic Mitigation Commission Chairman Marc Shaw
(2007-12-07)

New spin on congestion pricing plan? (Newsday)
they're now trying to jury-rig the proposal
(2007-12-07)

PlaNYC Unfriendly to Labor (The Chief)
Will Freeze Out Union Workers
(2007-12-07)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey on the
latest biased “report” by congestion tax proponents
(2007-12-06)

CONGESTION TAX – AN IDEA NOT FOR THIS SEASON NOR ANYTIME SOON
5th Truth: Congestion Tax – Just Not The Season
(2007-12-05)

Congestion Pricing Takes A Beating At 86th St. Meeting (A Fine Blog)
An observer comments on a December 3 forum hosted by the East 86th Street Merchants Association and CIVITAS
(2007-12-04)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey on a
Congestion Pricing Reduction from 86th Street to 60th Street
(2007-12-03)

Congestion Pricing Reduction from 86th Street to 60th Street
Unfair to outerborough residents who would still get charged
(2007-12-03)

Congestion Pricing Reduction from 86th Street to 60th Street
Unfair to Manhattanites - plan would benefit the wealthiest New Yorkers
(2007-12-03)

London Traffic - Just as Bad as Before
See Toll Talk in Newday's SPIN CYCLE
(2007-12-03)

Congestion Pricing - A Hard Look (AAA's Car and Travel)
See AAA New York and other experts continue to question whether the plan, as presently proposed, creates a false expectation of improved traffic congestion.
(2007-12)

Congestion Pricing Flaw: Cloned License Plates (WCBS-TV)
Why pursue a complex scheme when Alternatives exist without such headaches as 10,000 counterfeit license plates?
(2007-11-27)

BLOOMY GETS INTO PARK ROW (NY Post)
(2007-11-27)

CONGESTION TAX – UNFAIR TO NEW YORKERS
4th Truth: The Unfair Congestion Tax
(2007-11-26)

Nix congestion pricing plan and enforce current traffic laws
So Says Cabbie in Daily News Op-ed
(2007-11-25)

PARKING PERKS AMOK (NY Post)
MOTLEY CREW LANDS DOT PERMITS
(2007-11-25)

Congestion pricing: tough to chew (Brooklyn Heights Courier)
Don't bite into the city's congestion pricing plan without knowing all the facts.
(2007-11-23)

If seventy-five cents represents an unfair tax,
how can anyone justify eight dollars on New York City taxpayers?
(2007-11-23)

CONGESTION TAX DOES NOT FOOL NEW YORKERS
3rd Truth: The Public Knows Better on City's Congestion Scheme
(2007-11-20)

The public has spoken again
Statement by Walter McCaffrey today's Q-Poll
(2007-11-19)

The MTA did not factor the Congestion Tax into its 2008 budget
The MTA's website's FAQs (frequently asked questions) on the proposed fare hike
(2007-11-18)

UNDER ASTHMA ATTACK (NY Post)
the impact in neighborhoods such as East Harlem highlighted
(2007-11-17)

Congestion in London reverting back to pre-congestion tax 2003
Cars out as London mayor clears way for Paris-style plage and cycle boulevards (The Times of London)
(2007-11-15)

(Queens) CB 11 blasts congestion pricing (TimesLedger)
Joins Community Boards 7, 8 and 13 in opposing Congestion Tax
(2007-11-15)

CONGESTION TAX WOULD PUT LABOR OUT IN THE COLD
2nd Truth: City's Congestion Scheme Would Privatize Jobs and Waive Buy American
(2007-11-12)

Congestion Suggestion (Staten Island Advance editorial)
(2007-11-08)

Hudson River tolls reduce Mike's coffers (Crain's Insider)
(2007-11-07)

Does Congestion-Pricing Plan Affect City Ticketing Policy? (NY Sun)
(2007-11-07)

Bloomberg's congestion plan draws fire from residents (Daily News)
Covering the Bronx Traffic Congestion Mitigation Hearings - see last paragraph
(2007-11-06)

Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Announces Truth Series
First Truth: City's Congestion Tax does not meet supporters' claims
(2007-11-05)

In Praise of Congestion by Andrew Wolf (NY Sun Column)
(2007-11-02)

Fidler Presents Alternative To Traffic Plan (NY Sun)
(2007-11-02)

By Rail or Road, Travel Costs Rising in New York Region (NY Times)
(2007-11-01)

Another Viewpoint on Congestion Pricing
CONQUERING CONGESTION By ANTHONY D. WEINER
(2007-11-01)

Testimony to the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
Presentation by Walter McCaffrey at York College
(Includes testimony by Hugh O'Neill at Hunter College, October 25)
(2007-10-30)

Testimony to the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
Presentation by Corey Bearak at York College
(2007-10-30)

Where's the cash? (Metro New York)
MTA's got a plan for congestion pricing, but no way to pay for it
(2007-10-26)

Why London continues to grind to a halt (The Times of London)
(2007-10-26)

Pol doubts city's traffic estimates (AMNY and Newsday)
Assemblyman Richard Brodky, member of the commission, questions city numbers
(2007-10-26)

DOWN ON CONGESTION (The Ridgewood Times Newsweekly)
Speaker Derides Mayor's Tax On Drivers
(2007-10-25)

Electeds Praise Activists At Civic Congress Meeting (Queens Ledger)
The Congestion Tax as a mango's pit: Just because something is sweet on the outside doesn't mean there isn't something bad on the inside.
(2007-10-25)

Testimony to the NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission
(2007-10-24)

Weiner: Getting Trucks Off Streets Will Solve Congestion Woes (Queens Gazette)
(2007-10-24)

Daily News exposes revenue flaws in City scheme
(2007-10-22)

New York Times Advocates Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free Alternatives
Editorial: Mr. Mayor, for Your Consideration
(2007-10-22)

STATEMENT BY WALTER MCCAFFREY ON TRAFFIC ON THE BRAIN
(2007-10-21)
See link below to share your solutions to traffic congestion mitigation with The New York Times

TRAFFIC ON THE BRAIN: Share Your Solution on traffic Congestion Mitigation (NY Times City Section)
(2007-10-21)

NYC Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission Hearings
Oct. 24, 25, 30 and 31; Nov. 1 and 5, 2007
(2007-10-18)

Editorial Comment: Congestion pricing isn't a plan (Riverdale Press)
View editorial on the Riverdale Press website
(2007-10-18)

Community Board 8Q opposes the City's Congestion Tax
Excerpts from Minutes of Community Board 8 Board Meeting
(2007-10-17)

Congestion Pricing Opponents: We Have a Plan (1010 WINS)
(2007-10-13)
You may also click here to go direct to the audio

Group proposes alternatives to NYC's congestion pricing plan (AP Story in AMNY)
(2007-10-12)

KEEP NYC CONGESTION TAX FREE OFFERS ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO
TRAFFIC CONGESTION MITIGATION IN MANHATTAN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
(2007-10-12)

Study Gives Alternatives to City Plan for Traffic (NY Times)
(2007-10-12)

Governor Spitzer takes up a suggestion by Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
West Street garage converting to bus parking (Crain's)
(2007-10-11)

Queens Community Board 6 Opposes Congestion Pricing
(2007-10-10)

M.T.A. Says Mayor’s Plan to Ease Traffic Will Cost $767 Million to Accomplish (NY Times)
(2007-10-08)

CB7 blasts congestion pricing (TimesLedger)
(2007-09-20)

What's wrong with congestion pricing (Riverdale Press)
“A Point of View” by Assembly Member Jeff Dinowitz
(2007-09-06)

Boro needs voice on congest board (Daily News)
(2007-09-04)

Statement by Walter McCaffrey on Q-Poll
(2007-08-30)

Spitzer: Don't link fare hike, congestion pricing (Excerpts from Newsday)
(2007-08-28)

Make “A Field Trip for the Congestion Panel” Worthwhile
[Responding to a New York Times editorial]
(2007-08-26)

Critiquing Some Congestion Pricing Impacts
(From the New York Times) ON COMMUTING:
How Congestion Pricing Could Play Out
(2007-08-26)

Staten Island Advance editorial: A snub by any measure
(2007-08-23)

Queens Courier editorial: Millions of Questions!
(2007-08-23)

No (Staten) Islanders on the city's traffic panel
(2007-08-22)

WNBC-TV: News Forum Transcript (Brodsky v Wilde)
(2007-08-19)

“We are not the only ones raising questions and concerning about the USDOT funding issue”
(2007-08-16)

Congestion Pricing: Still an Accident Waiting to Happen
by City Council Member David Weprin (City Hall)
(2007-08-14)

Statement by Walter L. McCaffrey on behalf of Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
[USDOT Conditional Award of funding to New York City]
(2007-08-14)

Preserving the Integrity of Mayor Bloomberg’s Congestion Pricing Plan
Excerpt from “News from the Transportation Front No. 19”
(2007-08-10)

“Read some alternatives to saving the fare rather than using the congestion tax”
Crains: Comptroller lambastes fare hikes [This link also includes full list of alternatives from the Comptroller's news release and a link to his report]
(2007-08-07)

Assembly Member Rory Lancman's Carrott Bill
(2007-08-03)

WNBC-TV: Excerpts from News Forum
Three Political Reporters/Bloggers weigh in on Congestion Pricing
(2007-08-03)

Newsday: New York lawmakers OK congestion pricing study
(2007-07-27)

Congestion Charge - income £930 million, surplus £14 million
London Councilor Phil Taylor (Ealing) Sounds Off
(2007-07-25)

Statement by Walter L. McCaffrey on behalf of Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free [Congestion Mitigation Commission Legislation announcement]
(2007-07-19)

StreetConservative.com: Congestion Pricing: Just Another Tax Increase
(2007-07-16)

Daily News editorial: Curb these parking perks
Permit abuse by city employees has to stop
(2007-07-15)

Congestion Tax Hurts Small Business
(2007-07-11)

The Wall Street Journal: Bloomberg vs. The Car
(2007-07-11)

“The Subways Are Overtaxed and So Are New Yorkers. Don’t Stand for It!” “Anti-Congestion Pricing Press Conference Highlights Scheme Flaws”
(2007-06-27)

Congestion pricing not what it appears
(2007-06-21)

Congestion Tax: Must Be A Better Way
(2007-06-20)

Civics want to Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free
(2007-06-08)

NYC Senior Citizens Reject Congestion Pricing
(2007-06-07)

NYC’s next boondoggle: Congestion Pricing
(2007-06-01)

TimesNewsweekly: Charged Up Over Congestion Pricing Plan
(2007-05-03)

Queens Courier: Queens pans congestion pricing plan
(2007-04-26)

TimesLedger: Leaders blast congestion pricing
(2007-04-26)

Queens Tribune: Boro Leaders Rip City’s $8 Car Fee
(2007-04-26)

Queens Gazette: Queens Pans Mayor’s Congestion Plan
(2007-04-25)

Queens Gazette editorial: Congestion Pricing Unfair To Queens Drivers
(2007-04-25)

ATA Statement on Congestion Pricing
(2007-04-23)

The British aren't coming: London traffic fix runs over stores
Letter from London Chamber of Commerce and Industry in San Francisco Business Times
(2007-03-02)