McBlogger is a boisterous critic of tolls. No surprise, then, that he doesn't buy my arguments for congestion pricing I-35 and MoPac.
He's written a pretty long critique -- and raised an objection I've never addressed -- so I need to respond.
His main objection is that congestion pricing will screw up traffic on alternate surface streets:
What I'd like to see discussed is the overall impact of congestion on people and...
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...
$160 per trip
That's the social cost that Charles Kamonoff, an NYC environmental/transportation analysist, believes each driver who enters Manhattan's central business district imposes on other...
$160 per trip
That's the social cost that Charles Kamonoff, an NYC environmental/transportation analysist, believes each driver who enters Manhattan's central business district imposes on other drivers....
WOW! Austin Home Prices Rising!
Across the country, most major metropolitan areas are seeing home prices continue to drop. In fact, housing values are down 20% from their peak nationwide. Housing prices in Austin, however,...
SH 130 vs I-35: early returns
Ben Wear and a colleague have run another experiment comparing SH 130 to I-35. The trip around Austin on SH 130 was 22 minutes faster than the trip straight through town on I-35. This...
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