Comments on: Highlights of Monday’s Traffic Commission Meeting http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/19/highlights-of-mondays-traffic-commission-meeting/ 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: Hilary http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/19/highlights-of-mondays-traffic-commission-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-42062 Hilary Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:40:20 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/19/highlights-of-mondays-traffic-commission-meeting/#comment-42062 Has Brodsky or anyone else suggested where this carbon tax would be applied? Manhattan or just the CBD (that's a joke)? But really -- NYC? NYC and metropolitan area NYS? NJ and CT? Tri-state? Does he have any examples to give us an idea of how high a tax would need to be to achieve the reduction in congestion in the CBD? Brodsky should be pressed for more details on his plan. What kind of carbon tax does it take to reverse sprawl? Has Brodsky or anyone else suggested where this carbon tax would be applied? Manhattan or just the CBD (that’s a joke)? But really — NYC? NYC and metropolitan area NYS? NJ and CT? Tri-state? Does he have any examples to give us an idea of how high a tax would need to be to achieve the reduction in congestion in the CBD? Brodsky should be pressed for more details on his plan.

What kind of carbon tax does it take to reverse sprawl?

]]> By: Carolyn Konheim http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/19/highlights-of-mondays-traffic-commission-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-42058 Carolyn Konheim Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:05:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/12/19/highlights-of-mondays-traffic-commission-meeting/#comment-42058 It's rewarding to see our estimates validated by the NYMTC model we tried for years to get used for this purpose, but what is really gratifying is to see a commission rise above politics and with incredible diligence and unprecedented openness seek the facts in the public interest. Equally groundbreaking is a mayor so genuinely committed to his bold less traffic/better transit goals that he could free his stellar staff to lead the way to the most effective solution. If we keep this up, we're going to do great things in New York. It’s rewarding to see our estimates validated by the NYMTC model we tried for years to get used for this purpose, but what is really gratifying is to see a commission rise above politics and with incredible diligence and unprecedented openness seek the facts in the public interest. Equally groundbreaking is a mayor so genuinely committed to his bold less traffic/better transit goals that he could free his stellar staff to lead the way to the most effective solution. If we keep this up, we’re going to do great things in New York.

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