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Congestion Pricing News of the World

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.

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