Remember those giant binders that blocked congestion pricing? BAAJA fixes that
- The bill would force agencies to finalize environmental assessments in one year.
- If the highway department dragged its feet like it did under Trump 1.0 NYC could sue them and get a court to compel action.
- The review would also be shorter: BAAJA gets rid of unnecessary alternatives analysis and the need for litigation proofing.
- If New Jersey (or anybody else) sued the NEPA review they wouldn't be able to delay or block congestion pricing.
- DOT would be barred from revoking any approval for congestion pricing & NYC could take legal action if they tried
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Aidan Mackenzie
@AidanRMackenzie
Congestion pricing in NYC is the perfect case study of what’s wrong with NEPA.
This is the 4,007-page environmental assessment that took 3 years to produce even though the state legislature approved congestion pricing in 2019.
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