congestion pricing

American

[kuhn-jes-chuhn prahys-ing] / kənˈdʒɛs tʃən ˈpraɪs ɪŋ /

noun

a policy of reducing excessive traffic by charging motorists a fee to drive a private vehicle into a city center or on busy roads, especially during rush hour.

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Joshua Schank, a partner at transportation strategic advisory firm InfraStrategies and former chief innovation officer of Metro, said the city should consider easing driving demands with congestion pricing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Calls to introduce congestion pricing for private vehicles have grown.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The organization that administers the toll, the MTA, sued Duffy's department in February 2025, saying the push to kill congestion pricing was unlawful.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The Transportation Department, which sought to kill the congestion pricing program, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

She might well have written off congestion pricing as an inevitability, a technocratic solution devised years ago over which she had no control, and watched over its implementation with ambivalence.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2024

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