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I was watching a show on the Discovery Times channel that made me think of this thread--the idea of "congestion pricing."
As some of you may know, back in February, cars driving into central London during rush hour had to start paying a toll--roughly $8 a day. The most recent article I found about it (from the BBC in late October) states that traffic has dropped 30% in central London since the introduction of the toll. Over the summer, there was talk in Toronto of creating a similar plan. And a traffic writer for the New York Times advocates such an idea in New York City.
So, how do you feel about it? How would you feel about having to pay such a toll?
I would not support such a system in Philadelphia--at this point, traffic in Center City is not bad enough, IMO, to warrant such a thing. However, I would support turning some of the area highways into toll roads, particularly the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76). Obviously, there are a lot of concerns that would need to be addressed in doing something like this...but I think it could work if carefully planned.
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