Can congestion pricing fix city traffic? @Grist
Can congestion pricing fix city traffic?  @Grist
Uploaded May 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The time you waste sitting in traffic is annoying, but the air pollution it causes is even worse! To have a mobile, healthy, and happy population, cities need fewer cars — especially as their populations grow.

But how do you actually get people out of cars and into buses and subways, or onto bikes? Well, it’s a controversial plan that banks on the idea that people hate tolls even more than they hate traffic. Meet… congestion pricing.

#congestionpricing #traffic #walkability #trafficjams #congestion

Links:

Michael Manville, UCLA Study:
bit.ly/2raObLH

Alex Bigazzi, University of British Columbia Study:
bit.ly/2jjumhe
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