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0-60 in 5.8 Secs - and Congestion Charge Free!

carcoutureblog wrote 1 month ago: Transport for London will reduce the emissions level limit for the Congestion Charge on July 1 to 75 … more →

Tags: Volvo, London, Postman Pat, Transport for London, Electric Motor, Emission standard, Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid, Congestion charge

Transportation headlines, Tuesday, April 2313 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 1 month ago: Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The ful … more →

Tags: Transportation Headlines, 110 Freeway, eric garcetti, expresslanes, measure r, tolls, Tunnel, Wendy Greuel, Los Angeles mayoral debate

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, April 107 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 2 months ago: Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The ful … more →

Tags: Transportation Headlines, 110 Freeway, car sharing, CASDEN, eric garcetti, Expo Line, expresslanes, Hertz, Los Angeles Subway

Congestion Pricing - Will it work?

jrmartyn wrote 2 months ago: Is congestion pricing a good solution to the problem of congestion?  To answer this, we must first e … more →

Tags: congestion, Traffic, Commuting

First preliminary report issued on performance of ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway16 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 3 months ago: The ExpressLanes on the 110 freeway. Photo by Metro.   The Metro ExpressLanes pilot project rel … more →

Tags: projects, 10 freeway, 110 Freeway, expresslanes, Toll Lanes, transponders

Would You Risk A $200 Ticket To Save $2 In Bridge Tolls?

Chris Morran wrote 3 months ago: (MarkAClem)When authorities in the San Francisco area enacted congestion-based pricing on the Bay Br … more →

Tags: calculated risk, tolls, San Francisco, California

Finish the Job: Joe Lhota Wants to End Moses's Triborough Legacy

ssmithobserver wrote 3 months ago: Robert Moses may be dead, but the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority lives on. Joe Lhota, it see … more →

Tags: east river tolls, Joe Lhota, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Staten Island, Triborough Bridge And Tunnel Authority

Is NYC Missing The Boat On Congestion Pricing?1 comment

Ronald Woudstra wrote 3 months ago: Congestion Pricing has been in the news a lot recently. As it’s increasingly being embraced an … more →

Tags: Transportation, Policy, transit, Transportation, Politics, Feature

The Art of Rational Decision-Making

Kevin wrote 3 months ago: Economics is generally based on the assumption that people are able to make rational decisions based … more →

Tags: News, Policy, Economics, New York Times, TU Dresden, Equality, udo becker, The Greens, Charles Komanoff

To accelerate the building of 13.5 miles of HOV lanes on I-5 in Santa Clarita area, Metro proposes charging tolls for vehicles with one or two occupants to use the lanes13 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 4 months ago: Metro this month is providing key details on plans to accelerate an important Measure R project for … more →

Tags: projects, carpool lanes, Golden State Freeway, HOV lanes, I-5, I-5 North Capacity Enhancements, measure r, project acceleration, santa clarita

Countdown to I-10 Metro ExpressLanes: understanding the differences between the 10 and the 110 ExpressLanes12 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 4 months ago: The ExpressLanes on the 10 freeway are scheduled to open at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, weather … more →

Tags: Policy & Funding, projects, 10 freeway, 110 Freeway, Enforcement, expresslanes, Fastrak, San Bernardino Freeway, Toll Lanes

Congestion Pricing – An asset-light BRT?

macomberjohnd wrote 4 months ago: By Anonymous The two transportation schemes we discussed in class, BRT and MRT, both have very simil … more →

Tags: Public Private Partnerships, transit, Mass Transit, Bus Rapid Transit, mrt, implementation, Cars, congestion

Lexus lanes: the relentless pursuit of perfection in road pricing

maximumheadway wrote 4 months ago: As I have mentioned in a previous post, language shapes the way we perceive ideas. Different words c … more →

Tags: road pricing, variable road pricing, tolls, lexus-lanes, decongestion pricing

ExpressLanes to open on 10 freeway on Feb. 233 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 4 months ago: Here’s the news release from Metro: More than 80,000 FasTrak® ExpressLanes Transponders Issued … more →

Tags: projects, 10 freeway, 110 Freeway, expresslanes, Fastrak, Toll Lanes, transponders

Has MassDOT Reached the End of the Road for Internal Reform?

Marc wrote 5 months ago: Governor Deval Patrick delivers his presentation of the new transportation funding proposal. Two Fri … more →

Tags: capital construction, Politics, Funding, massdot, economic recovery, Transit Oriented Development, transit, Value Capture, Highways

L.A. Beat New York to Congestion Pricing and Andrew Cuomo Could Care Less

mchabanobserver wrote 5 months ago: Welcome to the Adirondacks Transit Authority. How did L.A. wind up taking our transportation lunch m … more →

Tags: andrew cuomo, state of the state, L a

Priorities on the Beltway: Big Data and variable tolling2 comments

Marty Lariviere wrote 5 months ago: Slate has an article that asks an intriguing question: Who Really Benefits From “Big Data … more →

Tags: Demand Management, Pricing, priority queues, "big data", queues, dynamic pricing

Transportation headlines, Wednesday, Dec. 53 comments

Steve Hymon wrote 6 months ago: Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The ful … more →

Tags: Transportation Headlines, downtown Los Angeles streetcar, hot lanes, Mike Feuer, Ray LaHood, streetcars on Broadway, Toll Lanes

The non-linear nature of congestion1 comment

Bill Keithler wrote 6 months ago: Just watched this great TED talk on the effect of congestion pricing in Stockholm after it was imple … more →

Tags: New York, Stockholm, Subways, TeD, Transportation


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