Submitted by Maxcactus t3_yfjklc in washingtondc
mcsul t1_iu5v4in wrote
Reply to comment by colglover in Metro Exploring Short-Term Fare Hikes And Long-Term Fare Overhauls by Maxcactus
I'm not super-sure about how much DC could get from a program like that. The London congestion pricing program ends up increasing their transportation system's total funding by only ~3%. The various NYC proposals have all eventually been modeled around the same, I think. Cost to administer is roughly 25% of revenue brought in.
The money would obviously help, but only if it doesn't increase downstream costs like even lower office-worker spending downtown.
Now congestion pricing is good if your goal is to reduce traffic at peak times, but that's sort of a separate issue.
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