Image via WikipediaCongestion Pricing Works Best When Partnered With Land-Use Planning (ScienceDaily, Sep. 23, 2011)Also discussed here: NYU study finds congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning (Press Release, New York University, Sep. 23, 2011)
Today, an interesting paper is reviewed that concludes that congestion pricing is more effective in discouraging car trips when combined with land use planning that makes it easier for people to take transit. The road to improved air quality, as a result of less vehicle emissions, lies then with a combination of the two approaches.
Key Quotes:
“determine whether land-use planning reinforced the benefit of congestion pricing, and whether congestion pricing could strengthen the role of land-use planning in encouraging travelers to reduce the amount of driving they routinely do”
“land-use planning that makes it easier for people to walk, ride bicycles, or use mass transit”
“congestion pricing -- charging drivers more to drive in heavy-traffic areas during peak hours”
“VMT reduction is greater in traditional (dense and mixed-use) neighborhoods than it is in suburban (single use, low-density) ones”
“land-use planning is necessary to ensure that congestion pricing has an optimal effect on overall miles traveled by car, and the two strategies for reducing traffic appear to be mutually supportive”
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- Congestion pricing looks to hitch ride again (nydailynews.com)
- State Study Shows Congestion Pricing Works (seattletransitblog.com)
- Land use planning, Peel top NDP priorities: Hanson (cbc.ca)
- Why Is the Manhattan Institute Afraid of Livable Streets? (streetsblog.org)
- Report calls for integration of transport and land use planning (rail.co)
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