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Article: Pricing our way out of downtown traffic congestion.(Viewpoint essay)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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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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Article: Seattle Plans Traffic Congestion Pricing Test.
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......has just been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to explore questions like these. The...volunteers to conduct a simulated test of congestion pricing on the region's roads. Congestion pricing already is in use in several toll lanes...
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