Article: Pricing our way out of downtown traffic congestion.(Viewpoint essay)

Byline: Joseph DiJohn

Joseph DiJohn is director of the University of Illinois at Chicago's Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative.

Traffic congestion is choking our region. The Chicago metropolitan area is the second-most congested in the nation in terms of travel time, according to the Texas Transportation Institute.

The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that congestion costs Chicago $11 billion annually in wasted driving time and fuel, cargo delays, lost productivity and environmental and safety hazards.

It will only get worse. The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, created by Congress in 2005, predicts that ...

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