San Francisco To Study How To Implement Congestion Pricing

San Francisco has received a federal grant of over $1 million to study how to implement congestion pricing. The city plans to charge drivers to enter the most congested part of the city, as London does.

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March 29, 2006, 10:00 AM PST

By Charles Siegel

"...the San Francisco County Transportation Authority soon will receive $1.04 million from the Federal Highway Administration -- and add $260,000 in local funding -- to study how to implement a program similar to London's 3-year-old system of charging a flat fee to drive downtown during business hours.

That's $1.3 million to figure out how to collect millions from drivers willing to pay the freight to give a financial boost to public transit systems and perhaps curb traffic congestion.

And that's how, not if."

FULL STORY: Move to charge toll for driving in core of downtown area

Tuesday, March 28, 2006 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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