Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Congestion Pricing

Metro Pushing HOT Lanes at Public Meetings

By Damien Newton | Aug 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

While Metro’s sales tax proposal has been dominating the news, the agency has also been pursuing adding managed toll lanes, also known as HOT Lanes, to the I-10 and I-110. You may remember that Metro received a $213 million grant from the FHWA to construct HOT Lanes on two LA County freeways and buy new […]

Congestion Costs Chicago $7.3 Billion Per Year

By Ben Fried | Aug 13, 2008 | No Comments

You know a city is getting serious about congestion mitigation when a new report comes out measuring how much gridlock costs the region. In New York, it was the 2006 release of Growth or Gridlock, which pegged the annual price of traffic at $13 billion, that set off a public debate about congestion pricing that […]

New Mayor Could Weaken London Congestion Charge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2008 | No Comments

London Mayor Boris Johnson may scale back the congestion pricing plan put in place by Ken Livingstone, whom Johnson defeated in May. The Times is reporting that the current 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. flat rate charge could be altered in a number of ways, including a reduction in the hours during which the fee […]

Study: Highways Don’t Pay for Themselves

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2008 | 8 Comments

As debate over the merit of congestion pricing rages on throughout LA County, a new report by the Texas Department of Transportation, hardly a hotbed of anti-car radicalism, throws cold water on one of the leading arguments against road pricing: that the roads where Metro wishes to place variable tolls are already paid for by […]

San Gabriel Valley Pols Seek Compromise on I-210 Congestion Plan

By Damien Newton | Jul 8, 2008 | 4 Comments

The 210’s Loss Is the 110’s Gain The Bottleneck Blog has news of some back room dealings which could shift Metro’s congestion pricing plan from the I-210 in the San Gabriel Valley to the I-110 south of Los Angeles. San Gabriel Valley politicians have long complained that not enough funds are spent on their region, […]

Katz Blasts Back at Congestion Pricing Foes in S.G. Valley

By Damien Newton | Jun 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

Metro Board Member Richard Katz took aim at San Gabriel Valley Congresspeople who are fighting Metro’s congestion pricing plans for the I-10, I-110 and I-210. Steve Hymon, who is suddenly the busiest writer in Los Angeles, wrote about the brewing fight over HOT Lanes at both the Bottleneck Blog and in his weekly Road Sage […]

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