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February 11, 2007
Federal Push on Congestion Pricing
The Christian Science Monitor reports that Bush's proposed 2008 Budget offers $305 million to cities and states to come up with ways to charge drivers for traveling at peak traffic.
Already succesful in London and Singapore, this sort of congestion pricing has had a hard time getting traction here in the US, even though some cities and states have expressed interest in the idea. This is a textbook example of the type of issue where leadership needs to come from the top. As it stands now, no mayor or governor can seriously embark on this experiment without some federal backing, the political cost would just be too overwhelming. I get the feelings that many cities, including San Francisco, would like to enact some kind of congestion pricing policy, but is waiting on Washington to provide some cover for the effort. This could be it.
I hope that on this topic, the democrats will work with Bush to make something happen.
Link via Planetizen.
Posted by jessehudson at February 11, 2007 11:35 AM
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