Targeted congestion pricing in dense business districts, combined with demand-based parking management, can reduce traffic congestion, improve travel speeds, and lower emissions, as demonstrated by ...

The concept of congestion pricing first appeared in the economics literature more than 60 years ago in an article written by William Vickrey, a Columbia University economics professor and future Nobel ...

Congestion pricing encompasses a suite of policy instruments designed to manage travel demand by levying charges on vehicle use within specified urban areas or road segments. Through mechanisms such ...

Congestion pricing had its first half birthday the other day, marking six months since its Jan. 5 start and the program has been a complete success by every measure (as we long knew it would be).

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Six weeks into the experiment, people who drive into Manhattan at peak hours are, ...

Congestion pricing is an instrument for managing demand on overburdened transport networks by assigning a monetary cost to road use that varies with time, location or vehicle characteristics.

The civil-rights dimensions of transportation policy have garnered greater attention in recent years, particularly as the country confronts the need to replace portions of the interstate highway ...

There was little doubt that New York City’s congestion pricing scheme, which charges vehicles a toll to enter parts of the city, would benefit pedestrians who would have to compete with fewer ...

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE APRIL 2025 ISSUE: It works in London. It works in Stockholm. It works in Singapore. It works in Gothenburg. It works in Milan. Now, it’s working in New York City, in its ...