Article: Congestion pricing and demand management: a discussion of the issues.

This article reviews the political, technological, and economic issues involved in the formulation of congestion pricing policy. Increased urban congestion combined with increasingly scarce resources is making policymakers consider congestion pricing as an alternative to expanding highway capacity. Past experiences with congestion pricing and other types of demand management are discussed in an attempt to identify problems policymakers may expect to encounter in the U.S.

Increasing congestion in metropolitan areas have become an important concern to policymakers in recent years. Not only are commuters struck in traffic for longer periods of time at rush hour, ...

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