Congestion pricing to improve traffic flow is most effective when transportation planners incorporate equity goals into the early planning stages of a pricing program, according to a new study produced by the RAND Corporation and sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Congestion pricing is a proven, effective tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from traffic, to unclog city streets, and to finance a new generation of transportation infrastructure in cities worldwide, including London, Singapore and Stockholm.
The report is timely because the U.S. Department of Transportation's Urban Partnership program recently began providing hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to six metropolitan areas
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