Re: Congestion as a good thing

Amsterdam does not have congestion charging, but it has successfully  
reduced traffic to and in the inner city by implementing three  
measures, preceded by a referendum early nineties.
Introduction of ever increasing parking rates, approaching € 5 per  
hour now; reducing the number of parking places; introducing lots of  
one way streets. The results are very good.
If desired figures can be produced by the city.


Pascal J.W. van den Noort
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On Sep 7, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Ian Fiddies wrote:

> Hi All!
> As if I didn't have enough to do my local council in Gothenburg has  
> decided to build an new motorway tunnel under the river. I naturally  
> feel that this is a bad move but it comes as no surprise and has  
> been hovering in the air since about a year after they finished  
> present motorway tunnel under the river. I intend to do everything  
> in my power to stop the project.
>
> For some time now I have been pondering over a theory that  
> congestion is the only true limiting factor in unregulated traffic.  
> It is based on one of my fears about congestion charging. Simply  
> applying a charge to drive at certain times of the day will  
> initially reduce the congestion but this relief will soon be eaten  
> up by the financially stronger drivers driving more. In London the  
> charge has been accompanied by other measures reducing the amount of  
> road space allocated to cars mainly to the advantage of bus lanes.  
> (Good stuff Ken.) But it doesn't help me to prove my theory.
>
> Has anyone been thinking along similar lines or know of someone who  
> has? This idea seems so obvious that someone else must have already  
> done research on it. Ideally it would be best with empirical data  
> from a city that has used road space as a limiting factor to reduce  
> traffic. If a new road always generates more traffic the opposite  
> intuitively seems true. Taking away a lane will reduce traffic. Help  
> me prove this please.
>
> /Ian Fiddies
>
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