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Congestion Pricing Works in Small Metros, Too
The default pundit view is that New York City is the only place in the US where pricing makes sense because of the bountiful availability of buses and subways. A pricing experiment in Indiana and Kentucky, though, busts that myth entirely.
Joe Cortright
April 22, 2025
IT’S WORKING: Initial Data Show Congestion Pricing Has Stemmed The Tide of Years of Increasing Traffic
Travel times are down an average of 34 percent across the eight bridges and tunnels into the Central Business District, which saw a 7.5-percent drop in overall traffic, according to MTA figures.
January 13, 2025
Congestion Pricing Has Begun! Here is the ONLY Explainer You Need
New York City entered the age of congestion pricing at 12:00:01 a.m. on Sunday. Here are the answers to all your questions.
Dave Colon
January 4, 2025
In Praise of Traffic Congestion
On a recent visit to North America, a bad traffic jam forced international pop start Niall Horan to do the unthinkable: walk 300 meters on a public sidewalk.
Lloyd Alter
July 9, 2024
How One City Used Transit to Cut Traffic During a Taylor Swift Mega-Concert
Building highway lanes will never, ever, ever get America's traffic problems under control — but a new study suggests that investing in other modes will, even when a massive pop star is in town.
The post How One City Used Transit to Cut Traffic During a Taylor Swift Mega-Concert appeared first on Streetsblog USA.
August 15, 2023
Traffic Studies Are Junk ‘Science’
Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could all change.
April 4, 2023
Legislation Aims to Take the Measure of Traffic Impacts From App-Based Delivery Services
Because app-based food delivery services operate with very little oversight in Massachusetts, it’s difficult to estimate the scale of their impact.
March 16, 2023