Curbing Gridlock Peak-Period Fees to Relieve Traffic Congestion -- Special Report 242 (1994) / Chapter Skim
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Demand management measures include efforts to encourage ridesharing, telecommuting, walking, and use of transit. This shift in policy, combined with motorist frustration with congestion, environmental goals for cleaner air, and rapid advances in electronic toll collection, has renewed interest in an old idea congestion pricing.
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Congestion pricing could substantially reduce congestion, but it is and has been controversial. Motorists have become accustomed to paying for transportation through fuel, property, and sales taxes, and may greet congestion pricing with the same enthusiasm they have for new taxes generally.
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