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Are traffic-clogged US cities ready for congestion pricing?

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Times Square traffic jam.bk, CC BY-SA

New York is the latest city to contemplate congestion pricing as a way to deal with traffic problems. This strategy, which requires motorists to pay fees for driving into city centers during busy periods, is a rarity in urban public policy: a measure that works and is cost-effective.

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