The Price Is Right for Tuesday’s Headlines

If congestion pricing works in New York City, City Lab predicts that other U.S. cities will quickly follow suit.

By Blake Aued

12:01 AM EST on November 28, 2023

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As the first U.S. city to implement congestion pricing, other communities will be ready to follow suit if New York's policy works, says City Lab.
Driverless taxis are stretching services thin in cities where they're operating by causing crashes, worsening congestion and delaying emergency responders. (New York Times)
Car-centric urban design is not only physically dangerous, it's also psychologically stressful, according to one neuroscientist who's research how close encounters with cars affects mental health. (CBC Radio)
D.C. is considering pedestrian zones where cars would be banned at least during some hours of the week. (Washington Post)
The I-10 fire in Los Angeles is a chance to rethink Southern California's car culture. (Business Insider)
BART and Muni are slated to receive the bulk of $776 million in transit funding California has earmarked for the Bay Area, if they take action to address fare evasion. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Houston is developing a plan to direct commercial truck traffic around and through the city. (Land Line)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is shifting its focus from expanding its far-reaching but inefficient system to improving services that already exist. (D Magazine)
Stockholm's plan to create a low-emissions zone in the city center is one of the most restrictive yet. (Eurocities)
The UK banned two Toyota pickup ads that show "a total disregard for nature and the climate." (The Guardian)
A spat over parking and EV chargers engulfed an entire British town. (Clean Technica)
Some genius labeled a broken glass panel at a Toronto streetcar stop as a work of art and sold it for $25,000. (BlogTO)

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