Fri, Nov 30, 2007 -- 8:33 AM

Congestion Pricing
Congestion Pricing -- Congestion pricing is an incentive-based system using tolls to reduce traffic coming into a large city. At peak hours, tolls going over bridges or into downtown areas reach their highest price. As demand decreases in off-hours, so does the toll price. With traffic increasing in the Bay Area, San Francisco received a large federal grant last spring to study congestion pricing as a solution. London has been using the system for three years, and has had considerable success reducing traffic. Would the system work in the Bay Area?

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