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How Cities Can Help Save the Planet

This morning’s proceedings at the New
York Climate Summit
were a good way to start the day: full of hope and optimism.
Rather than getting frustrated at the seeming inability of the world’s national
governments to do anything about climate change, the assembled mayors and other
municipal officials seemed convinced that, collectively, they were willing and
able to take on a large part of the challenge themselves.
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New York Traffic Pricing, Not Very Bright Ideas Department

Congestion charges should be expensive.
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Self-Defeating Industries

Truckers and car manufacturers seem not to know what’s good for them.
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A Third PATH Station to Rise at the WTC Site

Has there been yet another Port Authority cock-up?
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New York Congestion Pricing: On the Way

New York will charge $8 to drive into Manhattan on weekdays.
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New York to get Congestion-Pricing Plan

Congestion pricing is never popular before it is introduced. But if the experience in London and Stockholm is any guide, people will learn to love it – just as they learned to love New York’s smoking ban – once they see how much better the city becomes as a result.
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