How London is fighting its nightmare traffic
04 May 2019 Leave a comment
in transport economics, urban economics Tags: congestion charges, road pricing
#MorganFoundation wants frontal attack on NIMBYs
03 Jun 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, income redistribution, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: congestion charges, housing affordability, land supply, NIMBYs, RMA, road pricing, zoning
Morgan Foundation wants the National party-led government to take on NIMBYs not only with more high-rises and urban intensification but congestion charges too! There is only so much courage you can expect in one term of government. Relaxing the Auckland urban limit, which will hopefully cause housing prices to stop rising in Auckland was not enough.
No softly softly catchy monkey here. No concept of winning the battles you can win.
Decongesting Auckland – For real – by Andrew Atkin
26 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, urban economics Tags: Andrew Atkin, Auckland urban limit, congestion charges, RMA, zoning
Congestion pricing – Swedish style
06 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in politics, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: congestion charges
Sweden had a novel approach to introducing a road congestion charge. The congestion toll is put in place in 2006 for six months and then was lifted for another seven months.
A local referendum was then held on whether to bring the road tolls back or stay with the old traffic congestion. Road traffic passing in and out of the cordon in Stockholm Municipality reduced by between 20-25% during the period of the trial.
Neat.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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