Posts Tagged ‘congestion-pricing’
Combustion Charge Zone
The Combustion Charge Zone should reduce congestion and raise funds for the transportation system. In addition to this, the Combustion Charge Zone should help reduce air and noise pollution.
An interesting take on Congestion Pricing
While most environmental advocates believe that congestion-pricing of roads is a good way to reduce congestion and increase use of transit systems, David Owen of the Wall Street Journal essentially argues that, because this would make the automobile network more efficient, environmentalists should be opposed to it.
Congestion Pricing Fairness
I caught this press release from the Environmental Defense Fund today through Streetsblog. One of the main complaints people have against congestion pricing of roads is the potential for a disproportionate impact on low income families that often trade a far-flung commute for lower housing prices. The article suggests strategies that may work to mitigate [...]
Toll Impact
The Urban Land Institute and Earnst & Young recently released their annual infrastructure report. Infrastructure 2009 featured some really fascinating analysis of our national infrastructure, and made some strong recommendations. Chief among these is to shift the cost of infrastructure to users as much as possible. They explored a lot of ideas, but the two [...]
Houston and the Free Market
Tory Gattis had a great post on Monday in which he reviewed some news from late ’08. Two major highlights: 1. A comprehensive study by the Brookings Institution found that congestion pricing of freeways “would reduce housing costs and sprawl. It eliminates the subsidy for living farther out, which drives up demand and density in [...]