Is road charging the solution to congestion problems?
924983
That is negative reinforcement of an idea. \n\nIf you drive, we will punish you with Tolls. \n\nThe real solution is providing alternatives that are cheaper and better than owning a car. \n\nideas:\n- More convenient, cleaner and more affordable rail, bus, and door-to-door (taxi) services. \n- Tax incentives for hybrids, etc.\n- HOV lanes to encourage car-pooling\n- Change in attitude about work-from-home arrangements\n- Less urban sprawl!!!!! (property tax on a home is among the WORST ways for a city to earn $$$)
693111
because if you have control of the area you can stop people from entering and exiting, forcing them to go all the way around which takes longer... and time is money.  They can also charge money for a toll therefore creating a profit.
920742
Well any good debate requires that one also know your opponent's opinions, reasoning, and evidence.  So I will give you some opinions for both sides, aside from the ones you already stated.  First I will give some counterarguments for the points you already stated, one is that pollution is not limited to a certain area, so you should avoid saying exactly that, just say a decrease in overall pollution.  I'm not familiar with this area, but public transport can be troublesome for people buying stuff, seeing as how they have to haul their goods and belongings onto public transportation, which could be a potentially ripe place for people to get robbed.  The CBD will be less congested, well I'm betting that what traffic there is small fry compared to Asian cities such as Tokyo or Hong Kong.  Elimination of private cars would be a good thing because it can severely limit the number of casualties related to driving, most commonly drunk driving.  Cars should also be banned because it will help conserve natural resources such as gasoline, as well as reserving more land for real estate development rather than road development.   The elimination of cars on the road will help to expedite any emergency being responded by the authorites, such as medical emergencies, fires, etc.  Now let's take a look at why we shouldn't eliminate private cars, well for one its an inconvenience for people who are already accustomed to their own transportation.  Another is that risk for accidents in public transporation may become riskier, as said before mugging, but also vehicle accidents, a bus that is full of passengers toppling over could be catastrophic.  Private transportation for personal reasons become more inconvenient, such as someone who is about to give birth could only get to a hospital through public transportation rather than a car.  Again, I am not familiar with this area, so some points may not necessarily apply, but hoped that helped.
679150
In Boston, I really think the Meter maid would throw themselves under your vehicle rather than watch you escape from their clutches.In Taxachusetts,We have a Republican Governor that expo uses tax cuts and a Democratic Mayor that imposes fees and parking and speeding tickets, to make up for the revenue shortfall. Quite a racket,eh?So, what may work in Canada would never fly here,Canuck.
548422
A hitchhiking regulation
1150807
Yes, but isolating the drivers would be challenging and most likely not cost effective.
426504
It's not necessarily a matter of corruption.  California also has a huge population and a large debt.  In the past few years we have suffered many cutbacks in all areas of government.  Cracking down harder on traffic violations has the joint effect of helping to alleviate the fiscal problems as well as getting people to be more careful when they drive.
600061
This is a difficult question to answer, because this kind of thing is decided on a local basis. You will have to go to your local planning authority to ask what steps to take. If there are other people who live along your road, you may need to make a group petition. Also, be prepared for your property taxes to go up. Many times, municipalities will charge a special assessment to the properties that benefit from this kind of improvement.
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If you are wondering how to reduce truck traffic the one who answered first is right.  If you are looking to reduce traffic as a whole, the powers that be should charge a tax to every vehicle in the US by the mile.  We would soon see many of these cretins clogging up the roads sitting in their backyards swilling beer instead.
447565
Try runnig ethereal.  It will show you the actual traffic and you can look at stuff by port.  There mays be clues in the content.
559546
Both are set due to congestion in both directions.
379961
Your idea has been proposed a jillion times, but the fact is, we Americans are too selfish. Let the other guy protest, is what most are thinking.  So it just doesn't happen.\n\nI think it would work, though, except many of us live in rural areas with no mass transit...and we gotta work, ya know?  I tried to carpool, but no one in my rural area goes to the same area to work as me.\n\nI AM tired of it (the gas prices), though.  I think it would have been easier if there were a gradual rise over several years, instead of all at once.  My understanding is that places like Australia have been paying these prices for over 15 yrs (?).  Not sure if that's right, but we've had it pretty easy here.  \n\nAnother thing to look at: certain govt officials are looking at taking the restrictions off fuel taxes, so they can be used for things other than highway/transportation improvement.  SURE hope this doesn't happen...look at how they handled the supposed income from lottery (was supposed to all go to schools, remember?).  Imagine how much better our classrooms would be if they had done what they said.\n\nAnyway, good observation you have there.
476079
There are laws prohibiting antitrust and collusion for gas prices or any other industry.  However, since there are no charges being brought forward, then the general conclusion is that prices aren't being fixed.
808115
The uncharged gets charged.
1145416
No, it doesnt seem to be be the british done thing (plus our residential roads / blocks tend to be longer / larger). Not since the end of WW2 / the queen's coronation anyway. Too many weekend workers, too much traffic, not enough open space, gardens too small etc.\n\nWish we did though - beautiful summers day like today (doing homework out in the garden, wi-fi + outdoors viewable LCD = fantastic!) it would be awesome. Get a BBQ going, crack out some beers, put a little party music on, get about a hundred neighbours together who might not otherwise meet up...\n\ntoo many old folks live round here though, think there'd be complaints :-)
953649
City Engineer, planning department.  The big challenge these days is to time the traffic lights so there is less stop and go.  Less emmissions in the air and drivers stay even tempered.
873454
I have to disagree with those who say 'just pay it'. If you feel you are in the right, then why should you? The truth is that for the vast majority of private parking contractors, its simply not worth the effort of taking people to court over such a relatively small sum of money, so while you will receive the odd threatening letter, the chances of them actually doing anything about it are somewhere between miniscule and zero. \n\nMany of these private car parks issue tickets at the drop of a hat: having one wheel outside the marked bay, for example, when its almost impossible to squeeze a large car into their miniscule bays..... I drive an Alfa 164. I'm absolutely buggered if I'll pay in the face of such quasi-legal extortion, and I urge everyone to refuse to do so as well! Central Parking Systems, who administer parking at many South Eastern railways stations, have a habit of putting faint outline markings down in spaces where another car could easily be parked, and then issuing tickets to anyone who parks there. \n\nRight, rant over! :)