Could Congestion Pricing Unlock a Better Toronto? - School of Cities
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A look at how Toronto could benefit from congestion pricing, inspired by New York City’s new vehicle charge. This piece revisits Toronto’s 2017 toll proposal, estimates potential $500M in annual revenue, and explores how such a policy could reduce traffic, improve transit, and advance climate goals. With global examples showing success, the question remains: Is Toronto ready to try again?
  • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Yes. NYC just got it and it’s been going great, against all the out of towners’ complaints. It might even ease traffic on the Gardner a smidge. Toronto is a lot like a smaller, cleaner, and better run NYC

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    Yes, yes it can.

    Implement it in such a way that anyone driving into Toronto over a specific line/boundary pays the fee. And once again even for anyone driving into the downtown core area.

    This means as long as you remain inside the toll area then you don’t pay, but once you exit and come back in then you pay the fee.

  • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    Yes.

    Build out more metro lines faster too. Add in some trams that don’t share lanes with cars. Wall off some serious bike lanes and plow them first during the winter.

    The whole point of having fewer cars choking your city to death is to have more people moving around, not fewer. So: reduce the cars and then also enable the people to move and it’s a winning strategy. One without the other isn’t going to truly help the city.

  • minorkeys@lemmy.worldEnglish
    110·
    3 days ago

    Could pricing poor people out of things improve the world? Has anyone ever tried this before?

        • bryndos@fedia.io
          4·
          2 days ago

          Yes, it’s not uncommon in the civilised dumbfuck-socialist world to have free or subsidised means tested bus pass, bus lanes. Bus services that are faster and more frequent due to less congestion due to higher demands. Sometimes well established buss routes can even evolve into even more efficient technology.

          A lot of that can be supported by by congestion charge revenue, or even higher tax from more land use that isn’t car parks, and denser housing.

    • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      Easily solved with a government-supported “low-income families” program.

      NYC has implemented congestion pricing, and its been a huge success cutting down congestion and improving transit. Not to mention the added health benefits for those living in cities, as well as making the city more walkable and enjoyable to live in.