Congestion Pricing
City Officials Seek To Mold the Future of Driverless Cars
Using autonomous vehicles as a chance to shape streets for people.
September 10, 2019
Traffic Study Comes Under Fire for Being Too ‘Pro-Car’
A landmark report that analyzes traffic congestion and its costs is coming under fire from transportation experts who say its methodology and findings are biased toward cars.
September 9, 2019
Tally Ho! London Breaks its Cycling Record
London's painstaking network of new bike lanes, refurbished signals at intersections, and traffic congestion policies are paying off with record ridership.
July 8, 2019
Advocates: Hey, Mayor Lori, Chicago Needs Congestion Pricing
Activists are urging the city's new mayor, Lori Lightfoot, to adopt surcharges to raise revenue for transit.
July 1, 2019
A Great Big Freeway — Thanks to Induced Demand
Los Angeles is getting what it paid for when it widened 10 miles of its most infamous freeways — another lane of traffic.
May 8, 2019
Report: No to Infrastructure — Yes to Congestion Pricing
A new Brookings report says U.S. highway conditions have been improving every year for more than a decade, according to the Federal Highway Administration's own accounting.
February 14, 2019
Congestion Pricing, Often Attacked as Inequitable, Is Actually the Cure for Inequitable Transportation
The best way to ensure that congestion pricing doesn't hurt the poor is to make sure revenues from new tolls support better transit service — not just build more highways.
January 30, 2019
Can New Mobility Tech Disrupt Car Dependence?
A new organization want to help cities use mobility tech to break cars' stranglehold on cities.
January 15, 2019
Streetsies 2018: The Best and Worst Transportation News
2018's biggest villain? Best pop-up demonstration? Best city plan? Detroit, Portland, Minneapolis, Baltimore and St. Louis are all in the running.
December 24, 2018
Is Portland’s ‘Congestion Pricing’ Plan Any Good?
Portland wants to put a price on driving on downtown freeways at rush hour. But it will need the Feds' approval.
December 20, 2018
