>Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > >> <snip> > > > >> >> >> If memory serves there was group in SF Bay area advocating "planned >> congestion" and "market" (i.e. price) approach (increasing bridge tolls and >> parking fees) to make cars less attractive for commuters - a very clever >> way of using market ideology to fight the auto industry. >> >> wojtek > > There are two groups in the Bay Area pushing congestion pricing. I don't >think it is that clever. the groups are the Environmental Defense Fund and >the Union of Concerned Scientists -- Berkeley office. If we rely on >congestion pricing, who is it that is going to drive? And what do the rest >do, without transit? > >Gene Coyle The congestion pricing fees *are* there to fund mass transit (or anything else you want). Maybe you would be happier if you thought of it as a progressive tax on a polluting activity... Brad DeLong
