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London's gas guzzlers congestion charge scrapped
2008-07-13 20:38:00 London Mayor Boris Johnson scrapped not only the £25 planned congestion charge for gas guzzlers (see post and comments here), but also the exemption for cleaner cars emitting less than 120g/km of CO2. Which means that everyone is going to pay the same £8. Hybrids and electric vehicles will still be congestion charge-exempt. I don't agree with Johnson's arguments, but I'm happy with the ditching of a predictable small "breath-my-particles-before-the-y-empoison-the-environment" diesels frenzy.Blogging in Luxembourg. In engrish.
By: ubikuo
CabalSEA Network Congestion Issue on 30/05
2008-05-30 18:31:00 Dear Cabalists, There is a sudden Network Congestion in Game Service on 30th May 2008 (Friday) from 1730HRS. We are currently looking into this issue right now and will resolve it as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience caused and will like to seek for your kind understanding. - CabalSEA Administrator
By: GeekStuffs.Com
Is it the beginning of the end for the London Congestion Charge ?
2008-05-14 23:35:00 Boris Johnson, London's new mayor, plans to drop the £25-a-day traffic congestion charge for "urban" SUV (> 225g of CO2 per km), that was due to be introduced in October. Crikey !"Bring the boys back home !" (with choir)Blogging in Luxembourg. In engrish.
By: ubikuo
?Congestion Charge?, un business da 2 miliardi
2008-05-12 00:00:00 Una recente ricerca di Frost & Sullivanevidenzia come il settore ...
The Latest Congestion Pricing Strategy
2008-05-10 18:15:00 The New York Times Quotation of the Day:"It?s very clear that a significant portion of the increase in transit use is directly caused by people who are looking for alternatives to paying $3.50 a gallon for gas."WILLIAM MILLAR, president of the American Public Transportation Association.From The New York Times Business section:Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass TransitSince Mayor Bloomberg couldn't do it, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is working on it.
Clean Green Cars suggests partnership for a sensible Congestion Charge
2008-05-07 00:59:00 With pro-congestion charge London mayor Ken Livingstone on the way out, there are a lot of questions about what happens next regarding the city's vehicle laws. At least one company, NICE, thinks electric car sales will increase under incoming mayor Boris Johnson, who is against the C-charge. In this time of fux, the UK-based website Clean Green Cars is offering Johnson ideas on how to "help frame a revised Congestion Charge that will be both fairer to motorists and more effective in reducing overall pollution." CGC is against Livingstone's congestion charge plan and hopes that its more moderate plan will be the new standard in London. The highlights of the plan include: A stricter target of 110 g/km CO2 for cars qualifying for the lowest charge be applied Vehicles achieving 110g/km or below should be charged £4 rather than being allowed in for nothing Vehicles emitting more than over 225g/km should be charged £12 rather than £25 There are more details about this p...
London?s Congestion Charge will increase CO2 emissions?
2008-04-13 03:56:00 We don't want to take sides on London's Congestion Charge, but we are keenly interested in what the charge will mean for the environment and motorists. Ken Livingstone claims that the charge is intended to reduce congestion and CO2 emissions while Porsche claims that the charges are unnecessarily high and unfair. New evidence that Porsche has located, though, indicates that CO2 emissions will actually increase if the charges go into effect as planned. In fact, Porsche claims that the mayors office was aware of this report and chose not to release it. The report, prepared for Transport for London by King's College London's Environmental Research Group, predicted that the charges would create a "very high disbenefit" not only for CO2 but also for NOx, NO2 and particulate matter. The reason cited for the increased emissions is that drivers will choose to drive around London instead of driving straight through, which would be a much shorter trip. London's emissions may drop, but th...
Network Congestion according to Steve Gibson
2008-04-12 04:33:00 We’re big fans of Steve Gibson’s weekly security net cast. It’s good to see one of the most popular tech shows on the net take on Third Pipe subject matter. In the program Steve discussed the issues of net neutrality, congestion and more. Our own expert, Dr. Dog, has already chimed in on the subject ...
By: Third Pipe
NY State Assembly kills congestion pricing.
2008-04-09 00:00:00 Well, that victory was short-lived...dang it! Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's ambitious dream to remake New York City streets with an elaborate plan for congestion pricing appeared to die Monday in a private conference room on the third floor of the State Capitol. It was there that Democratic members of the State Assembly, who control the chamber, held one final meeting to debate the merits of Mr. Bloomberg's plan, ultimately conferring -- in secret -- before Sheldon Silver, the speaker, emerged to announce the outcome. The opposition was so overwhelming, he said, that he would not hold an open vote of the full Assembly, though many Republicans were supportive of Mr. Bloomberg. It's pretty outrageous that the speaker, Sheldon Silver, wouldn't even hold an open vote on one of the biggest environmental issues this city has faced in the new century. Our representatives are supposed to be employed by us, but how can we decide if we want to keep someone in their job if they vote in s...
No congestion charge in New York City
2008-04-08 23:10:00 No congestion charge in New York City NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed congestion charge to enter Manhattan between 7am and 7pm was thrown out before reaching the first voting stage on Monday. The $8 toll for cars, or $21 for trucks, was proposed as far back as last July, along with other 'green' measures under the PlaNYC proposal. Money raised was supposed to go towards improving NYC's public transit systems, Bloomberg said. Critics wondered aloud what kind of traffic jams collection of the charge would cause outside of the pay-to-access areas as well as where the revenue would be spent. Furthermore, the tax would financially strap those who could least afford it. ?The congestion bill did not have anywhere near a majority of the Democratic conference, and will not be on the floor of the Assembly,? said a Democratic Assembly spokesperson, as per the New York Times. London, England uses a congestion charge system, collecting £8 (about $16) from passenge...
Congestion Charge; What Is The Consensus?
2008-04-08 07:00:00 Congestion charge is not a very new idea. Cities such as Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Orange County in California and even Stockholm have been trying and testing this idea since the 1970’s through to early 1980’s. Economists first mooted these ideas in the 1920’s. Serious research into this idea was done in the 1960’s. Historically, ...
By: Resources zone
NY Says ?No? to Congestion Pricing
2008-04-07 21:50:00 New York lawmakers have put the brakes on a plan to charge drivers an extra fee to reduce traffic and pollution in Manhattan, reports the AP. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Monday his chamber is rejecting Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal for congestion pricing. The concept was proposed to cut traffic and pollution by forcing more commuters onto ...
Porsche goes to court over congestion charge
2008-04-07 12:21:00 The introduction of the higher London congestion charge could leave Porsche nursing tens of millions of pounds in lost sales, the sports car maker said yesterday as it stepped up its attempt to have the higher tax overturned. Porsche and other claimants, including London businesses and residents, yesterday formally launched a High Court challenge to London Mayor Ken Livingstone's plan to hike the congestion charge in the capital from £8 to £25 for gas-guzzling vehicles. ~ more... ~
By: Circle of 13
Porsche judicial review against London Congestion Charge
2008-04-02 16:32:00 Taken from Porsche judicial review against London Congestion Charge on ZerCustoms Porsche announced today that it has officially applied for a judicial review against London's Congestion Charge. Porsche issued the case of the Mayor's 25-pound congestion charge in the High Court of Justice. Porsche filed its challenge in the High Court of Justice beca... Complete text here: Porsche judicial review against London Congestion Charge More Porsche news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
New York City Council approves congestion pricing plan
2008-04-02 00:00:00 Big news out of City Hall: Shortly before 7:30 p.m., the New York City Council approved a measure urging state lawmakers to vote in favor of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal. The congestion pricing plan, as approved by a 17-member state commission that voted at the end of January, would charge drivers with an E-ZPass $8 a day to enter Manhattan below 60th Street on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Those drivers would also receive a credit for bridge or tunnel tolls they paid on the same day. Drivers without an E-ZPass would pay $9 and would not receive credit for tolls. The plan is similar to one proposed by Mayor Bloomberg last April -- but that plan would have established a northern boundary at 86th Street and included a $4 charge for car trips within the congestion zone. The mayor has noted that the city will qualify for $354 million in federal grants for mass transit improvements if congestion pricing is approved. This is great news, said Michael O'L...
Congestion Pricing comes to New York City
2008-04-01 00:00:00 The New York City Council passed a home rule measure 30-20 (yes, there are 50 legislators on New York City's council). Now it moves on to Albany. Under the plan, pioneered in Singapore and popularized in London, motorists will be charged $8.00 to drive south of 60th Street ...
By: BuffaloPundit
30 euro per entrare a Londra con i SUV. E? la nuova congestion charge del S
2008-03-24 00:00:00 Continua a colpi di sondaggi popolari la lotta tra il Sindaco di Londra Ken Livingstone e la Porsche a proposito della nuova congestion charge. Tra i progetti del Sindaco londinese, infatti, figura un nuovo incremento del ticket di ingresso della città che andrebbe a colpire pesantemente i veicoli con le emissioni ...
By: Accodati.com
Sky Bus to ease congestion, awaits governmentÂ’s nod
2008-03-21 00:00:00 One of the greatest Indian innovations the Â’Sky BusÂ’ is all set to minimise the ever-increasing congestion. But the common man are still waiting to see the innovation, as the Government has not given Sky Bus, a go-ahead, for commercial purposes.
Congestion Pricing Plan in Trouble
2008-03-08 18:34:00 New York City’s proposed congestion pricing plan may be in trouble. As part of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s long term sustainability plan, PLANYC 2030, congestion pricing is intended to...
By: Green Options
The London congestion war has begun
2008-02-20 08:31:00 clipped from www.guardian.co.ukThe luxury car maker Porsche is likely to take the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to court over plans to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles £25 each time they enter the capital. The German sports car specialist said yesterday that the proposed rise, which will come into force in October, is "unfair and disproportionate".The mayor, who is running for re-election in May, said he was amazed Porsche had decided to intervene and described the decision by the company's chief executive, Wendelin Wiedeking, as a PR disaster. "The idea that a German businessman who earns £50m a year should interfere in this when Londoners will have their chance to decide on May 1 is quite incredible," he said. Livingstone said: "The CO2 charge will encourage people to switch to cleaner vehicles or public transport and it will ensure that those who choose to carry on driving the most polluting vehicles help pay for the environmental damage they cause. This is the ...
By: Revolving Doors
Porsche officially starts legal process against London?s congestion charge
2008-02-19 19:08:00 We've already seen Porsche make its case for an exemption from EU emissions rules. With the new, higher congestion charge announce the other day for London, it's no surprise that Porsche is fighting back there, too. It's just hard to be a car company that makes cars that spew CO2 like it's going out of style.Today, the upper-end automaker (that's upper end of the price and the emissions scales) announced that it will start a "judicial review process" against the Mayor of London and the Transport for London group (the city organization that imposed the charge) over what it calls the "unjust 3000% congestion charge increase."Officially, Porsche will write a letter to mayor Ken Livingstone this week, and the mayor's office will have 14 days to respond. Based on the mayor's reply, Porsche could apply to the Royal Courts of Justice to plead its case that charging drivers of dirty cars £25 to enter the city is "completely unfair."Details in the Porsche release after the jump. ...
Porsche Attacks London Congestion Charge
2008-02-19 16:25:00 Taken from Porsche Attacks London Congestion Charge on ZerCustoms Porsche announced its intention to make an application for judicial review of London's 3000% congestion charge increase. This increase of the congestion charge will rise the driver's expenses from 8.00 a day, or just 80p to 25.00 a day. Porsche considers that this lev... Complete text here: Porsche Attacks London Congestion Charge More Porsche news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
Congestion charge up for gas guzzlers: 25 quid for a ride in Central London
2008-02-14 20:36:00 Major Ken Livingstone has announced that gas guzzlers will have to pay £25 per day to enter Central London from October 27th onwards. That's a most remarkable change, because most drivers will still pay the £8 road toll for entering the zone which covers designated parts of Central and West London.The maximum amount will be applied for those cars with CO2 emissions that exceed 225 g/km, as well as those registered before March 2001 with engines larger than 3 liters. Transport for London (TfL) estimates that up to 30,000 vehicles that fall under this new category are driven in London on a daily basis. TfL also believes that two-thirds of them won't be driven anymore under the new rules. "Nobody needs to damage the environment by driving a gas-guzzling Chelsea tractor in central London," Mr. Livingstone said.Cars that emit fewer than 120g/km will get a 100-percent discount (as Toyota announced for its Aygo, Prius and Yaris recently and discussed in regards to EVs)[Source: ...
No Congestion Charge for MINI and BMW
2008-02-13 15:10:00 Taken from No Congestion Charge for MINI and BMW on ZerCustoms BMW has announced that some of its models are exempt from London's Congestion Charge. There will be no Congestion Charge for BMW 118d three- and five-door, MINI Cooper D and MINI Cooper D Clubman. The diesel-powered BMW X5 and X6 owners will also be able to save 4,335 ... Complete text here: No Congestion Charge for MINI and BMW More BMW news on ZerCustoms
By: ZerCustoms
Suv devono pagare 33euro per entrare nella Congestion Charge, Notizie dal m
2008-02-13 11:59:00 Fonte: Ultime Notizie Agenzia di pubblicità Oggetto: Suv devono pagare 33euro per entrare nella Congestion Charge Inviato: Mer Feb 13, 2008 9:59 pm (GMT 11) Le misure cautelative per ridurre le emissioni di CO2 hanno costretto l'Inghilterra a imporre un conto salatissimo per i proprietari londinesi dei Suv. La tariffa per l'ingresso nella zona a traffico controllato passerà da ottobre a 25 sterline, vale a dire tre volte la tariffe attuale. Ma entro pochi mesi possedere un SUV significherà anche perdere lo sconto del 90% dedicato ai residenti all'interno della CC (Congestion Charge), e quindi pagare quasi 10mila euro all'anno. E' solo l'ultimo atto della guerra ai Suv e alle auto supersportive, che però non trascura neanche i vecchi furgoni inquinanti che ora se vogliono entrare nel centro devono pagare multe salatissime.
By: Ultime notizie
[MyTuneBD.Com] Roundtable on "Reducing Traffic Congestion in Dhaka"
2008-01-13 11:14:00 Roundtable Discussion on "Reducing Traffic Congestion in Dhaka and Improving the Transport Situation" Dear Sir/Madam Greetings. Traffic congestion in Dhaka is a problem of great magnitude, from which the residents have long been suffering. Meanwhile, many initiatives have been taken to improve the situation. In order to reduce congestion, it is important to improve the quality of public transport, as well as conditions for walking and fuel-free travel. Traffic congestion must be reduced in order to improve the country's economic situation. Possibilities for the future must be considered when designing plans and policies, including traffic speed, time, expense, safety, as well as other needs of the residents, including economic, social, and environmental. The government has created a twenty-year Strategic Transport Plan (STP) for Dhaka, which is still under consideration. In its current form, adoption of STP would likely lead to increased travel time an...
CONGESTION CAUSES TEXT MESSAGE SLOWDOWN
2008-01-06 14:01:00 In an emergency, it could be a concernGeeta Citygirl just figured something was wrong with her phone when she realized the greetings she was sending as the ball dropped New Year's Eve weren't getting through. In Los Angeles, a half-dozen New Year's text messages bounced back to Reggie Cameron on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after he thought he sent them out.In fact, so many people tried to send text messages on New Year's Eve that networks got jam-packed and many of the missives arrived hours later — or not at all."Think of any traffic artery during rush hour: You have a large number of people who are trying to access it at the same time," said Joe Farren, assistant vice president of public affairs for CTIA-The Wireless Association, a wireless industry group. "It's really no different with regard to wireless networks."Millions and millions of messages did get through New Year's Eve, and a minor delay in a holiday wish is hardly the end of the world. But there have been mult...
By: ATYOURSERVICE
Congestion causes text message slowdown
2008-01-05 12:28:00 BusinessWeek - What happens where there is an emergency?” asked Scott Midkiff, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. “This has been a big problem with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Congestion causes text message slowdown
2008-01-04 13:22:00 BusinessWeek - What happens where there is an emergency?” asked Scott Midkiff, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. “This has been a big problem with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Congestion causes text message slowdown
2008-01-04 13:22:00 BusinessWeek - What happens where there is an emergency?” asked Scott Midkiff, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. “This has been a big problem with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Will NYC get the congestion charge in early 2008?
2007-12-19 17:22:00 At least as early at April 2007, public officials in New York City were publicly engaged in a discussion about instituting a congestion charge in the Big Apple. Heck, Mayor Bloomberg even had the daily dollar amount picked out: $8. But the plan faltered and we haven't heard much recently. Until now. According to the New York Sun, Bloomberg is "likely to win some sort of "congestion pricing" plan by the spring now that the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, is on board with developing a plan to reduce Manhattan traffic by charging a fee to drivers." So, what will happen? The details remain unknown, and the Sun says we'll probably have to wait until we approach the March 31 deadline for final approval from the City Council and state Legislature to find out more. That $8 idea? "No chance," says the Sun. That plan was made ultra-confusing by including full rebates for drivers who paid tolls coming into Manhattan (in some cases already $8, in others, $5) and Council members are paying c...
Fixture Congestion
2007-12-06 21:24:00 During the month of December, Celtic play an astonishing 8 games. That’s 2 games a week. Thankfully, they are all SPL games. The days that are highlighted are all the days the Bhoys play this month. So they’ll play on every Saturday but one. And Rangers asked for a game against Gretna to be postponed. Pussies.
By: Celtic FC Blog
Subaru Justy Hits UK and Congestion Charge
2007-11-26 10:21:00 The Subaru Justy went on sale in UK for 8,495 pounds on-the-road. The Subaru Justy is powered by a 1.0 liter engine that does 64.2 mpg and emits 118g/km. The Subaru Justy should be London Congestion Charge-free while the running costs are low, inclu...
By: ZerCustoms
Caution. Congestion Ahead.
2007-11-23 00:00:00 Imagine an at-grade 6-lane boulevard with median & shoulder ferrying approximately 40,000 cars per day. Close your eyes and picture it. Then realize it's Niagara Falls Boulevard between Maple and the I-290. The DOT has elected, after several periods of public comment, environmental review, and scoping, to ...
By: BuffaloPundit
U.S. military to expand air space to ease holiday congestion
2007-11-15 22:37:00 President Bush, citing “an epidemic of airline delays,” announced today that the U.S. military will open up air space to civilian airlines on the U.S. East Coast during the Thanksgiving holiday period. In response to the worsening congestion, Bush announced a series of steps in advance of the Thanksgiving holidays, when 27 million passengers are expected ...
By: The Hot Joints
Network Congestion Control: Managing Internet Traffic
2007-11-04 02:42:00 As the Internet becomes increasingly heterogeneous, the issue of congestion control becomes ever more important.In order to maintain good network performance, mechanisms must be provided to prevent the network from being congested for any significant period of time. Michael Welzl describes the background and concepts of Internet congestion control, in an accessible and easily comprehensible format. Throughout the book, not just the how, but the why of complex technologies including the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Active Queue Management are explained. The text also gives an overview of the state-of-the-art in congestion control research and an insight into the future.Download
By: DownThemAll
Hypoallergenic Designer Cats Free Nose, Wallet from Congestion
2007-10-30 13:29:00 Remember that $25,000 genetically engineered hybrid wild cat yesterday? Well, the folks at Lifestyle Pets also have a less expensive option for those of you eager to introduce a feline mutant into the family. This morning, the Oregonian has an article about Allerca, a subsidiary of Lifestyle Pets, which produces cats that are a few proteins shy of a typical cat.Allerca's breed offerings, Allerca GD (the original), Chakan GD (the Siamese-looking version) and Ashera GD (the allergy free version of the $25,000 super cat), are available in a variety of prices, but start at about $5,000. They're missing glycoprotein, Fel d 1, an allergen found in cat saliva and on cat skin, which is what causes those allergic to cats to get the sniffles and itchy eyes.Those of you who thought hairless cats were the solution? Allerca says you are only fooling yourself. Since the allergen is primarily in your cat's saliva and in it's skin, you're only mildly reducing one of the lesser sources of the i...
Cannot Access To Site Due To The Traffic Congestion Issue
2007-10-22 15:55:00 This is not the first time I cannot access to my site due to the traffic congestion issue on 20 October 2007. According to my hosting company?s technical support, currently one of their server in Brickfields is experiencing severe traffic congestion issue which has seriously affecting the entire network connectivity and thus they have no ...
By: vLOG Theme
I can understand congestion and traffic being a co...
2007-10-08 14:51:00 I can understand congestion and traffic being a concern. But crime? That seems a bit of a stretch. Most of it seems rather overblown - a Walmart, a Target, and a few other big stores was built just a few miles down the main road from where I live about five or so years ago (I've been here almost ten years). I really haven't seen any problems. If anything, the local economy is benefiting, there are some more jobs in the area (when unemployment is the highest in the nation here), there are more options for shopping, cheaper prices (according to my wife who will actually go to four stores to get the best price on something - I'm too lazy to do that). And really, how do you propose to keep someone from selling their land for a legal use, just because you don't like it? What if you want, say, to put in a fence in your yard or build a swimming pool in your backyard, and your neighbors, who paid nothing for your land, tell you you can't do it because they don't like it. At wh...
By: Daisy's Dead Air
Water Buses Help to Reduce Dubai?s Traffic Congestion
2007-09-24 08:32:00 Dubai’s traffic congestion continues to remain one of the most prime concerns for its planners and administrators. A very significant number of freak collisions taking place, daily occurrences of traffic jams and an ill-educated mass of drivers making one’s life difficult on Dubai’s roads, is how you could describe Dubai’s traffic in few words. The ...
By: Dubai Visits
Congestion and Clutter of Prosperity?
2007-09-20 23:09:00 Open your fists and release what you’ve been hanging on to. Let go. Your prosperity can only come into an open, empty hand. Get rid of the clutter and congestion. It’s blocking the flow of prosperity to you More: continued here
WALTHAMSTOW: Minicab firm would create ?too much congestion?
2007-09-17 22:59:00 A MINICAB firm which applied to open an office on a busy road junction was told that its proposal would cause too much congestion. (...)
By: Taxi Blog
Traffic congestion: Tameside leads the way (& wants yet more)
2007-09-10 21:20:00 A delicious irony appeared in national and regional press today. The Campaign for Better Transport (aka Transport 2000 - yes, they realised the millennium was 7 years ago) issued a press release about their research into government stats which illustrate some shocking facts about the ever-ongoing growth of congestion and car culture.The government predicts that traffic will increase by 30% over the next 20 years, with 5.7 million extra vehicles being on the road by 2031. Is it any wonder then that Labour has done an abrupt volte-face since 1997 and is spawning a massive road-building programme?And it seems that Greater Manchester is the worst area with - wait for it - Tameside showing the fastest growth over the past 10 years (38.6%). So what's Roy Oldham, got to say about it?:"We have great amounts of cross-Pennine traffic as well as people making their way to the Peak District.Over the past decade, thousands of people have bought homes in Derbyshire and the only way for them to g...
Traffic Congestion
2007-08-19 09:49:00 Traffic jam, when you're already late..And so goes Alanis Morisette's take on irony, a rather stretched version of the word's true definition. Traffic jam or as we pinoys love to call it ? traffic ? is perhaps one of the major contributors to the shortened life expectancy of the Manila resident. Going to and from Makati during rush-hour is punishment enough that going to hell after the end of a sinful life can be considered redundant.For all the ruckus that traffic causes, like floods, the Philippine government seems unable to address it. It is a problem that only gathers momentum as the years go by. Perhaps it's easy to pontificate from the comforts of a computer chair but one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that we have too many vehicles plying too few roads.We have already determined that the problem would not be solved by more road widenings (there's no more space!). We now need to focus our attention on the number of vehicles roaming the city. Codin...
Congestion Pricing Gets Federal
2007-08-14 23:03:00 The Department of Transportation has agreed to release $354 million to support Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, says DOT Secretary Mary Peters. The money will only be allocated to New York City assumingBloomberg's plan, which would charge cars $8 and trucks $21 to enter Manhattan south of 86th Street on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m, has strong opposition from State Assemblyman and State Senators from the outer boroughs and near suburbs, where many upper middle class workers commute to Manhattan via car instead of subway, bus or commuter rail.Opposition is strong in many parts of the city that does not have direct access to Manhattan via public transportation, such as Bergen Beach and Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, Glendale and Whitestone, Queens and Throggs Neck, Bronx where many commuters to Manhattan commute via car.
By: Nicks Notes
Avoid the £25 per day London Congestion Charge with a Citroen C1, C2, C3 or
2007-08-10 12:53:00 We ran a story the other day about Gas guzzlers to pay £25 per day London congestion charge, Mayor Ken Livingstone is putting his proposal in full today, and if it was to get the green light then many of us will have to spend a massive amount of money just to get to work. However ...
By: Product Reviews
Gas guzzlers to pay £25 per day London congestion charge
2007-08-08 10:45:00 Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, UK is again revising the London congestion charge that drivers have to pay to enter central London. At the moment drivers have to pay £8 per day, but Livingstone wants to introduce a sliding scale which would be based on the carbon dioxide emissions of each vehicle, much like ...
By: Product Reviews
All Roads Lead to Congestion: Weighing in on Google Universal Search
2007-08-03 00:00:00 This is one of the new Google changes you have to be aware of: it is called ?Universal search? and it will have a dramatic impact on your current organic positions (hint: on the way down). For those who have not heard about Google Universal Search yet, the concept is very simple. From now on, instead of having the regular search results you are familiar with, we could see any of the following on any given page of a Google SERPs (Search Engine Result pages): * images * video * news * maps / local results * blogs * books * products * groups * patents * scholarly works Because of these new entrants, the concept of having ?top search engine rankings? changes dramatically. On one hand a first page ranking is much more difficult to achieve, and on the other, there are now more ways in which to achieve a first page ranking. The end result is obvious. It will be an even more crowded space and it gets even more difficult for any search ma...
Do celebrities and CEOs cause US airspace congestion? [Terra Sigillata]
2007-08-01 23:23:00 Bear with me. I’m posting this on ScienceBlogs because many of us have had our own beefs with the US airline industry. Many readers also travel around to conferences and, as a result, must use a US airline. Hence, this really is a science-related post. But pardon me if I am suspicious of anything represented by an airline that is purported to be in my best interest. This came in today from Delta Airlines - you know, the one Janet pointed out has a breast-feeding aversion: Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/139-777396/do_celebrities_and_ceos_-cause.php
Does Bloomberg pay the congestion charge?
2007-08-01 05:43:00 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is known for touting his environmental policies and the rather infamous “congestion charge” on automobiles entering the city, but it has been revealed the likely presidential candidate travels in two pollution-heavy SUVs every morning.
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