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
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










