Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Congestion Pricing

Vehicle Automation versus Connectivity, and What it Might Mean for Traffic

By Juan Matute | Mar 10, 2014 | 7 Comments

ed’s note: This week, we’re featuring a short series of articles from our board member Juan Matute on what he’s thinking about technology and transportation. I have the opportunity to be involved in a lot of interesting research as the Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. Over the past year, I’ve been […]

Congestion Charging on the Horizon for China’s Cities

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 19, 2013 | No Comments

Which Chinese city will be the first to try congestion pricing? Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai — megacities whose populations are on the scale of New York’s? Or second-tier but still mighty cities (think Chicago) like Hangzhou, Nanjing, or Xi’an? Road tolling à la American turnpikes and thruways is already extensive in China, as a means to […]

As ExpressLanes Flourish, Zev Moves to End Transponder Fees

By Damien Newton | Oct 22, 2013 | 8 Comments

(Note: According to The Source, I misunderstood the wording of the motion. An earlier version of this article mentioned that staff opposed extending the transponder fee. Apparently they wish to see it extended through the end of the ExpressLanes pilot in February 2014) Metro’s two staff reports to the Board of Directors on the progress […]

It Might be Hot, but Antonovich Wants It HOTter on the Westside

By Damien Newton | Jul 1, 2013 | 28 Comments

Just when you thought the I-405 Widening Project through the Sepulveda Pass couldn’t get less popular. Last week, news broke slowly that then Metro Board Chair and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich wants Metro staff to examine whether or not it makes sense for the HOV lanes on the I-405 to become High Occupancy Toll Lanes […]

Krugman: Costs of Driving Deserve Way More Attention

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 19, 2013 | No Comments

Two of the nation’s leading lefty commentators weighed in on transportation incentives last Friday, when both economist Paul Krugman at the New York Times and Matt Yglesias at Slate went on a congestion pricing kick. Krugman kicked things off by remarking that the surest way to reduce the costs imposed on society by drivers is to “get the incentives […]

Congestion Pricing Opens on the I-10, Hysteria on Hold

By Damien Newton | Feb 25, 2013 | 15 Comments

This weekend, Express Lanes opened on 14 miles of the I-10 between Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles and the 605 freeway. The lanes converted existing HOV lanes to HOV/HOT lanes during non-peak hours. This means solo-car commuters can buy their way into the carpool lane if they have a FastTrack transponder. Carpoolers will also need […]

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