Rohit Aggarwala

Location: With the Richard Ravitch report scheduled to come out Dec. 5 and the financial state of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, there’s been some buzz about congestion pricing being put back on the table. Do you think there’s potential for that, and do you think that would be a good thing?

Mr. Aggarwala: I can’t second-guess what the Ravitch report will include, I’m optimistic it’ll be good for the city, and, at the end of the day, any thoughtful proposal that fully funds the M.T.A.’s capital needs is good for the city.

 
But do you think that peoples’ perspectives around congestion pricing have changed since it went down in the spring?

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It’s a pretty crowded room upstairs in the City Council chambers, where testimony about congestion pricing is being given by city Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and the Director of Long-term Planning and Sustainability, Rohit Aggarwala.

In one exchange, Aggarwala told City Councilman Robert Jackson, “[Y]ou don’t have to get 20 percent of the people off the road to have 20 percent reduction in traffic.” She continued, “Sometimes, if you take one or two cars off, it takes a crowded, congested condition and it turns it into traffic that can flow.”  read more »

For those of you who haven't yet had your fill of congestion pricing, don't worry.

The most outspoken critic of the plan, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of Westchester, will debate one of its architects, Rohit Aggarwala, the director of the city's office of long-term planning and sustainability.

It'll take place tonight on Inside City Hall, which airs at 7 p.m.

What will they say?