Event details
Mar
18
Congestion Alleviation and Public Policy for Sustainability
In January 2025, NYC became the first US city to implement congestion alleviation. The scheme, which charges drivers a premium to drive in business districts, wins praise from planners and climate scientists but pushback from politicians who say it imposes costs unfairly.
This panel will feature some of the architects and advocates responsible for the new plan in conversation with faculty thinking about our climate future.
Moderated by: Razia Iqbal, John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Lecturer
This panel will feature some of the architects and advocates responsible for the new plan in conversation with faculty thinking about our climate future.
Moderated by: Razia Iqbal, John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Lecturer
Speakers
Tom Wright, Regional Plan Association
Karthik Sastry, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
University programs and activities are open to all eligible participants without regard to identity or other protected characteristics. Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
Date
March 18, 2025Time
4:00 p.m.Location
Robertson Hall, 002Audience
University Sponsors
Center for Policy Research on Energy & the Environment (C-PREE)
Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance (JRCPPF)