Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Congestion Pricing

San Francisco Moves Forward With Congestion-Busting Parking Reform

By Damien Newton | Nov 20, 2008 | 1 Comment

Photo: Christina Izzo/SF Chronicle San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency gave the go-ahead Tuesday to curbside parking reform that will encompass a quarter of the metered spaces in the city — about 6,000 spots. Under the 18-month pilot, called SFpark, the agency will vary prices for on-street parking and city-owned lots based on demand, intending to […]

Ridley-Thomas Introduces Congestion Pricing Legislation

By Damien Newton | Oct 2, 2008 | No Comments

Locked in a tight battle for the Board of Supervisors seat held by Yvonne Burke with City Councilman Bernard Parks, State Senator Mark Ridley Thomas may have taken a risk by introducing S. 1422, the enabling legislation that will allow Metro to move forward with it’s plan to bring congestion pricing to Los Angeles. While […]

Metro Reveals Their Priorities for HOT Lanes Funding

By Damien Newton | Sep 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

As has been widely reported, Metro will receive over $210 million dollars from the federal government to experiment with a road pricing plan on the I-10 and I-110. The federal dollars must be spent on projects to increase alternative transportation along the corridors effected by what is still being referred to as "congestion pricing" even […]

San Gabriel Members of Congress Still Clamoring for Gold Line Extension

By Damien Newton | Aug 29, 2008 | 2 Comments

Earlier this week, members of the San Gabriel Valley Congressional Caucus reignited their push to get funding for a Gold Line extension to east San Gabriel and the Inland Valley. First, Congressmembers David Dreier, Grace Napolitano, Adam Schiff and Hilda Solis, the same people who successfully steered over $100 million of federal funds to improve […]

Tiny Crowd in South LA for Unveiling of Metro’s “Congestion Pricing” Pilot

By Damien Newton | Aug 21, 2008 | 7 Comments

An Engineer from Parsons Explains Mitigation Plans for Where the I-110 Meets Adams Blvd. When Metro first announced its plans to convert HOV Lanes to variable toll, or HOT Lanes, you would have thought a bomb went off. Newspapers panned the idea, and politicians from the San Gabriel Valley were so worried about "charging people […]

Study: OC Taxes More Regressive Than Tolls

By Damien Newton | Aug 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

A new study by researchers at UCLA and USC calculates the cost to people of lower income of funding transportation with toll revenue and compares it to other ways of funding transportation. The study concludes that tolls, especially congestion pricing tolls, are among the most progressive ways to raise funds. The study reaches this conclusion […]

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