New York will be the first city in the U.S. to adopt a cordon area congestion pricing scheme, in which people pay to drive into a designated area, but it shouldn’t be the last. Los Angeles leaders are considering a congestion pricing pilot project. Los Angeles transportation leaders have since scaled back the vision for congestion pricing, and are instead looking at tolls as a way to reduce traffic and improve transit options in specific areas. New York City expected to launch its congestion pricing program in 2021 but was delayed three years because of the pandemic and the Trump administration’s refusal to act. Congestion pricing isn’t a radical concept.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 24, 2023 00:14 UTC