Europe’s Congestion Pricing Lessons For America
Focusing on equity instead of revenue collection is a key toward ensuring a successful congestion pricing plan, transportation experts found.
By
Aaron Short
1:58 PM EDT on October 31, 2019
Aaron Short is a New York City-based writer with a long history of work with the New York Post, Hell Gate and others. He is also the co-author of "The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump's Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired — And Inaugurated." (Macmillan)
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