Congestion Pricing News of the World
We can barely keep up with the international congestion pricing headlines these days:
By
Jason Varone
2:03 PM EDT on August 27, 2007
We can barely keep up with the international congestion pricing headlines these days:
- Mumbai, India to Charge Fees for Driving (Mumbai Newsline)
- Finland: Half of Helsinki Backs Congestion Charge (Newsroom Finland)
- New Zealand: Pricing Could Ease Traffic Jams, New Study Suggests (Scoop)
- Singapore: LTA to Expand Electronic Road Pricing (Channel NewsAsia)
- Charleston E-ZPass Bill Sets the Table for a Toll Hike (Register – Herald)
- Innovation Needed, Congestion Pricing, Not More Roads, an Answer (SF Chron)
- Mary Peters: Forget Gas Taxes, Charge for Road Use Instead (Washington Post)
- Value Pricing Project Quarterly Report (Transportation Research Board)
- Strategies for Making Existing Road Infrastructure Perform Better (GAO)
- Principles of Efficient Congestion Pricing by William Vickrey (Columbia U., 1992)
Thanks to Roger Herz.
Jason Varone battles the streets everyday during a 9 mile commute on his bicycle from downtown Brooklyn to the Upper East Side. In addition to his efforts on Streetsblog, he is an artist making work related to the environment and technology. Examples of his work can be found at www.varonearts.org.
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