>This already exists in the form of a gas tax and road use taxes (registration). Neither of these target congestion directly, but road use in general. As a res

>This already exists in the form of a gas tax and road use taxes (registration). Neither of these target congestion directly, but road use in general. As a result, they usually fail to do much to slow down driving (since the goal is basically just to fund roads). >NIMBYs get in the way of building the lanes that already have demand and funding. Why shouldn't somebody oppose yet more noise, pollution, and traffic in their neighbourhood? That something has externalities on the people around it is a good reason to oppose it. >Extending it further really just ends up as a restriction on the movements of the poor. The poorest are in many ways already relegated to using transit, which in most US cities is woefully inadequate for getting around. Effort to make transit more viable can only make these people better off.