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Nov 4 2015

TLDR: The low-down on our latest report about congestion pricing

The Ecofiscal Commission’s latest report makes the case for implementing congestion pricing pilot projects in Canadian cities. In case you don’t have time to read the report, here are the findings in a nutshell. The new report, We Can’t Get There from Here: Why Pricing Traffic Congestion Is Critical to Beating It, describes why congestion […]

Nov 3 2015

Getting Traffic Moving in Canada’s Biggest City

by Annette Dubreuil

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us Traffic

Yesterday, the Ecofiscal Commission launched its latest report We Can’t Get There from Here: Why Pricing Congestion is Critical to Beating It. The report explains how we can’t simply build our way out of congestion, we also need to consider incentives. The report’s central recommendation is that Canada’s four largest cities run congestion pricing pilot […]

Oct 21 2015

The Big Apple Plans to Take A Bite Out of Congestion

by Adam Baylin-Stern

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Wonk Wednesday

Four things we can learn from the Move NY Fair Plan Reducing gridlock and addressing challenges in funding transportation are high on the agenda of many cities. Congestion reducing fees—for example, through HOT lanes and bridge tolls—are often missing from the toolkit, though a key piece of the puzzle. New York City is currently advancing […]

The port mann bridge project fasteel. Example of congestion pricing in Vancouver.

Oct 13 2015

Five ways congestion pricing tackles traffic

by Annette Dubreuil

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us Traffic

On November 2nd, we’re bringing together international transportation experts for our first Google Hangout: How the World Beats Traffic. A big part of the answer is congestion pricing. Still a new idea in Canada, congestion pricing has been used by a number of cities across the globe to influence people’s travel choices and help beat […]

Oct 8 2015

It’s Time We Talked About the Human Costs of Congestion

by Guest Blogger

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Traffic Transit

by Kevin Vuong When the cost of congestion is discussed, the emphasis has been on the economic cost and the loss of productivity because, quite frankly, it’s easier to quantify. Yes, congestion hinders mobility in the physical sense of getting from one place to another, and there has been extensive research into the consequences for […]

Congestion pricing as a way to fight traffic congestion

Sep 17 2015

Don’t Hate the Driver, Hate the Traffic

by Jessie Sitnick

Livable Cities Congestion Pricing Economics for the Rest of Us Traffic Transit

We take transportation policies personally, and we should. But when it comes to fighting congestion, instead of playing the blame game we need to change the game completely. I have a confession to make: I drive a car. Not all the time. But sometimes. Even though I live five minutes from a subway stop. Even […]

An Open Letter from Economists on Canadian Carbon Pricing

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