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It should definitely be tolled, but for a different reason. The only effective way to control congestion is to put a price on it, so the tolls should kick in if
by arrosenberg 5y ago
It should definitely be tolled, but for a different reason. The only effective way to control congestion is to put a price on it, so the tolls should kick in iff there is heavy traffic.
- outworlder 5y ago> The only effective way to control congestion is to put a price on it The actual effective way is to provide alternative transportation options.
- arrosenberg 5y agoRight, I think most people on HN get that. This was a thread about highway tolls.
- Johnny555 5y agoI'm not sure that's true, just providing alternative transportation doesn't by itself control congestion-- London has good alternative transportation options, but also has a £15 congestion charge (i.e. toll) to limit traffic during peak hours. If the roads are free to use and not congested, many people will use them until the cost or inconvenience of using the road is greater than the alternative transportation. (that's not true of everyone, of course, some will use alternative transportation even at greater cost or inconvenience)
- ThunderSizzle 5y agoThe other option is reduce the entrances/exits in metro areas so that most traffic on metro interstates is no longer traffic that is going from one area of the metro to another area. The metro areas should be responsible for handling intra-metro traffic, and that traffic should stay away from interstates.