Congestion Pricing
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Tiny Crowd in South LA for Unveiling of Metro’s “Congestion Pricing” Pilot
An Engineer from Parsons Explains Mitigation Plans for Where the I-110 Meets Adams Blvd.
August 21, 2008
Study: OC Taxes More Regressive Than Tolls
A new study by researchers at UCLA and USC calculates the cost to people of lower income of funding transportation with toll revenue and compares it to other ways of funding transportation. The study concludes that tolls, especially congestion pricing tolls, are among the most progressive ways to raise funds. The study reaches this conclusion by comparing the source of funds generated by HOT Lane tolls on SR-91 with fees collected from taxes in Orange County.
August 20, 2008
Metro Pushing HOT Lanes at Public Meetings
While Metro's sales tax proposal has been dominating the news, the agency has also been pursuing adding managed toll lanes, also known as HOT Lanes, to the I-10 and I-110. You may remember that Metro received a $213 million grant from the FHWA to construct HOT Lanes on two LA County freeways and buy new buses two facilitate better transit along the effected corridors.
August 14, 2008
Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year
You know a city is getting serious about congestion mitigation when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region.
August 13, 2008
New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge
London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee is applied and reversing an extension of the zone, which was implemented last year.
July 10, 2008
Study: Highways Don’t Pay for Themselves
As debate over the merit of congestion pricing rages on throughout LA County, a new report by the Texas Department of Transportation, hardly a hotbed of anti-car radicalism, throws cold water on one of the leading arguments against road pricing: that the roads where Metro wishes to place variable tolls are already paid for by gas taxes.
July 9, 2008
Katz Blasts Back at Congestion Pricing Foes in S.G. Valley
Metro Board Member Richard Katz took aim at San Gabriel Valley Congresspeople who are fighting Metro’s congestion pricing plans for the I-10, I-110 and I-210. Steve Hymon, who is suddenly the busiest writer in Los Angeles, wrote about the brewing fight over HOT Lanes at both the Bottleneck Blog and in his weekly Road Sage column.
June 10, 2008
O’Conner on Ending the Free Ride for Hybrids
It's no surprise that questions about congestion pricing dominated today's Online Chat with Metro Board Chair Pam O'Conner. O'Conner handled the questions deftly, and in one case unwittingly answered a question currently being debated by the Los Angeles City Council.
May 21, 2008
Tomorrow’s Big Metro Board Agenda Item: Expanding Congestion Pricing
Antonovich’s motion claims to address the concerns of San Gabriel Valley residents and politicians that they are being singled out by Metro’s current plans to implement HOT Lanes on the I-10, I-110 and I-210. The resolution states:
May 21, 2008