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Posts Tagged ‘Congestion Pricing’

Congestion Pricing in the United States

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Congestion Pricing in the United States

This report does not replicate the extensive literature and analysis that already exist. Rather, it addresses the most significant barriers to congestion pricing today: the political, institutional, and communication hurdles. While congestion pricing can benefit from sophisticated technology, the primary impediments are not technical. Congestion pricing strategies require bold leadership and vision and these principles are intended to outline an approach for getting there.

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This Infra Week

Friday, March 21st, 2014
Streetsblog Parking Madness 2014

INFRA STORIES YOU SHOULDN’T MISS!
Parking Mad!
Report of Significant Rulemaking
Want to Build A Wildly Successful Startup?

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Washington, DC : What do People Think About Congestion Pricing?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS Executive Summary RESEARCH CHALLENGE: Public Opposition to Congestion Pricing Too much congestion. Not enough funding. These two problems increasingly have come to define transportation policy woes in our nation’s metropolitan areas, and the Washington, D.C., region is no exception. Many experts agree that congestion pricing—charging tolls or fees that are […]

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The Road Less Traveled: Exploring Congestion Pricing in Chicagoland

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
MnPass, Minnesota

ILLINOIS TOLLWAY
METROPOLITAN PLANNING COUNCIL
Across the country, people are tired of wasting time and money, sitting behind the wheel with no real alternatives to driving. Recognizing the severity of the problem, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is funding projects to study the potential of new and innovative strategies to alleviate traffic congestion, improve the environment, and provide better mobility.

Congestion pricing is one of those strategies.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Robert D. Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Robert D. Yaro is the President of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and advocacy group. Mr. Yaro co-chairs the Empire State Alliance and the Friends of Moynihan Station, and is Vice President of the Forum of Urban Design. He serves on Mayor Bloomberg’s Sustainability Advisory Board, which helped prepare PlaNYC 2030, New York City’s new long-range sustainability plan. Since 2001 Mr. Yaro has been Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He also taught at Harvard University and the University of Massachusetts…

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New York: Could congestion pricing lead to free transit? See for yourself, with the Balanced Transportation Analyzer

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Put forth by civic activist and noted labor relations attorney Ted Kheel, and energy-policy analyst and transport economist Charles Komanoff, the Kheel-Komanoff Plan promises commuters in the NYC area free buses, drastically reduced subway fares, reduced peak-hour congestion, faster bus service and more.

How did Kheel and Komanoff find their perfect balance? They used the “Balanced Transportation Analyzer (BTA)”, a modeling system (of their own design) that takes into account dozens of variables and predicts their effect on the daily commute…

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