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Originally Posted by BrownTown
Its ridiculous to make car owners pay for transit. If transit is too expensive and inefficient to stand on its own then it shouldn't exist. Congestion pricing is fine, but only if the money goes to roads, not transit.
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Congestion pricing isn’t aimed at expanding or improving roads. You could have immaculate roads but still need congestion pricing as it has proven to be one of the few policies that work in reducing congestion. Imagine a Chinese city that has properly taxed gas sufficiently to have a well-maintained road network. The downtown core supports 10 million workers and residents, but the roads are severely congested because that’s what happens with so many people. It makes sense to use congestion pricing to relieve congestion and improve traffic. It also makes sense to use revenue to efficiently expand methods to bring people to the congested area. You have already solved the road capacity and congestion issues with congestion pricing, so it doesn’t make sense to improve road capacity. If congestion pricing is implemented correctly, the traffic is reduced and speeds are increased on the roads, so why would it be necessary to add lanes to the roads that are no longer congested?