Archive for Economics

July 2008

7/03: High Gas Prices Won't Cure Gridlock 15

May 2008

5/08: Mixed Messages From Critic of NY Gas Tax Holiday 8

April 2008

4/04: If Congestion Pricing Fails, Rest Assured, There's Always Plan B 8

February 2008

2/15: To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare 29

January 2008

1/15: If Mayors Ran America ... 7

1/10: Times Square: Too Many People, or Just Too Many Cars? 14

December 2007

12/10: This Holiday Season London's Streets Are "Absolutely Jammed" 25

November 2007

11/02: Fact Check: Congestion Pricing is Not a "Regressive Tax" 12

11/02: Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax 7

11/01: Weiner's Congestion Testimony: Anything But Pricing 30

October 2007

10/31: Queens Civic Congress Has Its Own Plan 3

10/30: Philly CarShare Helps City Government Reduce Its Fleet 5

10/16: Carrion Supports Congestion and Congestion Pricing 5

10/15: Robin Chase: "The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies" 21

10/09: City Approves Subsidized Yankee Stadium Parking 15

September 2007

9/20: Delucchi Study Finds That U.S. Motorists Do Not Pay Their Way 23

9/13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2

9/12: A Streets Renaissance in Lower Manhattan 10

August 2007

8/29: Casino-Jamming in the Catskills 5

8/29: Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade 7

8/23: Delivering the Goods to a Growing New York 7

8/13: More on Rep. Patrick McHenry 3

July 2007

7/06: Times Says: We Must Pay More for Fossil Fuels 2

June 2007

6/25: Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet 8

6/19: The Perfect Argument for Congestion Pricing 15

6/12: Rising Gas Prices Hurt Truck Sales 0

6/01: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2

May 2007

5/16: Livingstone: Businesses Led on Congestion Charge 1

5/11: Congestion Pricing Foes Will Go into Attack Mode 24

5/10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4

April 2007

4/25: Queens Chamber Continues Campaign Against Congestion Pricing 9

4/23: Council Overrides Pedicab Veto 17

4/23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44

4/21: StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley 0

4/17: Queens Residents Oppose Loss of Parking for Bus Rapid Transit 13

4/17: Pedi Politics 6

4/13: Find Yourself a City to Live In 8

4/11: We Must Imagine a Future Without Cars 7

4/09: City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking 16

4/06: Resolved: More Traffic Congestion & Automobile Dependence 7

March 2007

3/26: City Council Fiddles While New York City Chokes on Traffic 27

3/22: Ethanol's Growing List of Enemies 3

3/08: "People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems" 4

3/07: The Greening of the Times 0

3/01: There's No Such Thing as "Free Parking" 20

February 2007

2/28: Green Collar Jobs for Urban America 0

2/27: No Parking Slope 27

2/13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2

2/09: StreetFilms: "A City Is a Means to a Way of Life" 0

2/09: Robert Moses's Fundamental Misunderstanding 28

2/06: New York New Visions Tackles "Sustainable" New York Future 2

January 2007

1/22: Launching the Campaign for Carbon Taxes 4

1/10: Making Hell's Kitchen Less Hellish 20

December 2006

12/22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2

12/19: Did a Blogger's Big Scoop Stall "Atlantic Yards?" 8

12/18: Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread 15

12/14: Streetfilms: Curbing Cars in Soho 6

12/14: Rethinking Soho 47

12/12: Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda 37

12/12: Bloomberg: "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge" 29

12/08: Seoul's New Heart 10

12/07: Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief 15

12/05: File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London 7

November 2006

11/30: Auto Insurance Break for Rail Commuters 9

11/22: Fresh Direct Builds a Grocery Empire on Free Street Space 36

11/16: NYPD Has Spent $1.32M to Suppress a Monthly Bike Ride 18

11/07: If a 26.2-mile, Half-Day Street Closure Generates $188M... 1

11/07: Scrimp My Ride 3

11/02: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5

October 2006

10/17: The Cost of Sprawl on Low-Income Families 8

10/13: Ride a Bike & Get the World's Best Cookie Half-Price 13

10/04: Can Sprawl Be Beneficial? 19

10/02: Pricing for Sustainability 6

September 2006

9/28: Learning From a Streets Renaissance in Hong Kong 9

9/26: Urban Density and a Pocketbook Plea for Congestion Pricing 17

August 2006

8/23: The True Cost of Gasoline, and What to Do About Energy 10

8/21: Eyes on the Street: Demand Management 5

8/16: Sneak Preview of Bloomberg's 21st Century Urban Vision 16

July 2006

7/16: Vehicle City 0

June 2006

6/29: Car Ownership Cost Calculator 0

6/28: Charles Komanoff's "Fuel Tax Magic" 0