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...without stifling innovation. will also be issues more specific to this moment in history: plummeting wages; withering federal funds for housing; the desire for security without compromising liberty. These are all delicate compromises, requiring supple management and smart decision-making. To help the next mayor focus his priorities, we've come up with 20 suggestions, culled from our own reporting and expert sources. Some are bare-bones, and practical, while others are geared toward imagining a better, more inventive New York. This list is by no means exhaustive, but we think it's the right place to start.
1. Put tolls on the East River bridges.
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Charging vehicles to cross the city-owned Queensborough, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges may be politically dicey, but it would bring an estimated $800 million a year in additional revenue to the city while easing traffic and air pollution. The mayor should also consider congestion pricing--using toll booths and mounted cameras to charge drivers for using streets that are already badly gridlocked. When London introduced congestion pricing in 2003, charging $8 to enter the city core during peak hours, traffic dropped 25 percent--and the metropolis generated roughly $120 million in its first year.
2. Build a better jobs machine.
Gearing job search and training programs toward industries poised for growth makes perfect sense, but it wasn't until the last few years that the city even attempted to do so. After stumbling through its first few years (as late as 2002, the city had created just a single one-step training center for its 8 million residents) the local Workforce Investment Board has finally gotten on its feet and is sketching a plan to bring job training in line with local economic development plans. That means more training in fields like health care and biotechnology. Now we need to take the next...
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