Maybe the mayor's so-called "congestion pricing" plan is a non-starter, given its many moving parts, its shifting rationales and its claimed deadlines. But it has shaken loose a discussion of traffic problems in the city.
Jim Callaghan has an incisive take in the Chief Leader. He states: "Missing from the congestion pricing debate so far is what the Mayor and Governor can do now - at not much cost - to reduce traffic and to improve mass transit." (Full piece is subscription only).
Also, Jarrett Murphy notes in City Limits that no coherent alternative to Bloomberg's plan has emerged to gain consensus. His piece is here.