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The cost of congestion pricing

by Daniel Ackerman
Jun 6, 2024
New York's governor pulled the plug on the congestion pricing plan for NYC. But congestion can cost more than the $15-per-driver planned charge.
In London, Stockholm and Singapore, congestion pricing led to eased gridlock and a drop in climate-warming emissions.
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NYC hopes congestion pricing can reduce traffic. How has it worked elsewhere?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Sep 29, 2021
Pretty well, it turns out.
Traffic moves on Second Avenue in March 2020 in New York City, which could become the first city to implement congestion pricing.
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States and cities that raise tolls and taxes may get a leg up for federal infrastructure money

by Jed Kim
Apr 27, 2018
What’s that old saying? You’ve got to spend money to make money? The U.S. Department of Transportation is trying a variant on that when it comes to funding road and bridge improvements. It’s tripled the amount of money in what’s known as the BUILD Transportation Discretionary Grant program to $1.5 billion. But part of the criteria for state […]
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When private investors, not taxpayers, pay the toll

by Noel King
Sep 22, 2014
Several private investors in Indiana get trapped by the potholes of infrastructure.
A vehicle approach toll booths.
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Disappearing Jobs

Technology takes a toll on toll collectors

by Marketplace Contributor
Apr 8, 2013
In this latest installment of our series on disappearing jobs: the miracle of electronic toll collection comes at a human cost.
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