Comments on: DOT Seeks Assistant Commissioner for Congestion Pricing http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fdr http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-36246 fdr Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:39:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/#comment-36246 There's also a job notice for "Director of Transit Planning" at 80 to 100K a year. Maybe that's the person who drives around looking for camera sites. Between these two new positions, Schaller, Orcutt, Wiley-Schwartz, Feuer and Simons, they've committed about $700K for salaries. And there are probably lower level jobs still to come. Does this all come out of the Fed funding? There’s also a job notice for “Director of Transit Planning” at 80 to 100K a year. Maybe that’s the person who drives around looking for camera sites. Between these two new positions, Schaller, Orcutt, Wiley-Schwartz, Feuer and Simons, they’ve committed about $700K for salaries. And there are probably lower level jobs still to come. Does this all come out of the Fed funding?

]]> By: Steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-36230 Steve Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:11:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/#comment-36230 Driving around all day to scout up camera sites seems like a waste of time for a 150K/yr ass't commissioner to me. That's near the top of the DoT pay scale, for sure. Driving around all day to scout up camera sites seems like a waste of time for a 150K/yr ass’t commissioner to me. That’s near the top of the DoT pay scale, for sure.

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-36227 Spud Spudly Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:08:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/#comment-36227 I'll bet that position does indeed come with a DOT car and a parking permit. After all, the new Asst Commissioner is going to have to scout out all those locations where the CP infrastructure would be located, right? I’ll bet that position does indeed come with a DOT car and a parking permit. After all, the new Asst Commissioner is going to have to scout out all those locations where the CP infrastructure would be located, right?

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/comment-page-1/#comment-36191 gecko Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:43:25 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/24/dot-seeks-asst-commissioner-for-congestion-pricing/#comment-36191 While a position for a congestion pricing assistant commissioner is good the real breath-through will come with a position for human-powered and advanced design and development and suitable financing by private sources if too radical an idea for city government coffers. Congestion pricing starts the ball rolling with seed money and public buy-in but there's not thirty years available to decide how to meet the climate change crisis head-on. Focus on an as yet untapped huge reservoir of human energy and disruptive innovation is one direction to take. While a position for a congestion pricing assistant commissioner is good the real breath-through will come with a position for human-powered and advanced design and development and suitable financing by private sources if too radical an idea for city government coffers.

Congestion pricing starts the ball rolling with seed money and public buy-in but there’s not thirty years available to decide how to meet the climate change crisis head-on.

Focus on an as yet untapped huge reservoir of human energy and disruptive innovation is one direction to take.

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