I think one thing that confuses people about my support for congestion pricing is that they're not clear what I mean by "congestion pricing."
There are two kinds of road tolls. One is a flat rate or flat charge per mile or some variation thereon. This is the kind of toll TxDOT levies. I've called these "revenue tolls" in the past, just to distinguish them from congestion pricing.
Revenue tolls are inefficient. If environmental costs, wear-and-tear, and accident...
I forgot about Cap Metro's interests
Last week, I concluded that the plan to add two tolled lanes to MoPac would make everyone better off than either maintaining the status quo or adding two free lanes. But it occurred to me...
Congestion, envy and equity
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority plans to add two lanes to MoPac between Lady Bird Lake and Parmer Lane. The cool part of the plan is that it intends to use dynamic...
No
I agree with Ryan Avent that this WSJ piece makes a bizarre argument against congestion pricing: By requiring car drivers to pay a fee to drive in a city at peak hours, congestion pricing...
No
I agree with Ryan Avent that this WSJ piece makes a bizarre argument against congestion pricing: By requiring car drivers to pay a fee to drive in a city at peak hours, congestion pricing...
Back and forth
It never surprises me to hear suburban commuters bash congestion tolls. But I am surprised when a sophisticated transit blogger bashes them. Yonah Freemark, who writes the very good the...
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