(via fickr's efortuna)
That is the question. If congestion pricing is to be is up for debate today. The mayor thanked the Assembly for missing out on $500 million from the federal government. But Assembly Democrats and the governor are still hammering out details of a congestion pricing plan, according to the latest AP report. The mayor always claimed that yesterday was a strict deadline from the U.S. Department of Transportation funds that could have bolstered mass transit and improved the environment.
Fast track to safer rails. New York City Transit will test out handheld devices to alert track workers of oncoming trains. The pilot program comes after two workers were struck and killed in April.
[Daily News]
Brodsky boo hoo. Streetsblog reports that Assemblyman Richard Brodsky is denouncing the assertion that he opposed the mayor's congestion pricing plan because he accepts money from the parking industry.
[Streetsblog]
Text message ban. Two legislators proposed a ban on drivers text messaging. Five teens died upstate last month after their SUV slammed into a truck. Police believe the teen driver was sending and receiving messages before the accident.
[Daily News]
