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Permanent Pricing Gets Green Light in Sweden

By Jason Varone | Jun 26, 2007 | 3 Comments

Stockholm has just completed its congestion pricing trial. Thanks to broad public support, parliament voted to make the fee permanent. Will New York be in the same position years from now? The Local (Sweden) reports: Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a permanent road toll for Stockholm in a bid to reduce congestion, […]

Swedish Support for Congestion Charge at All Time High

By Jason Varone | Mar 6, 2007 | No Comments

Reported in The Local (Sweden): Support for the congestion charge in Stockholm is greater than ever before, according to a new poll. In the poll, conducted by Skop for newspaper Stockholm City, 67 percent of those questioned said it was good that the new government had decided to reintroduce the charge. 33 percent of the […]

Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 5, 2007 | 5 Comments

The New York Times came out advocating for progressive transportation policies in its Sunday City section editorial, saying that the departure of DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall presents "a great opportunity to take bold action on a vexing quality of life and health issue: traffic congestion." After giving Weinshall props for her actions on the Queens […]

Stockholm: Congestion Charging is Likely to Continue

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 9, 2006 | 15 Comments

Last month residents of Stockholm, Sweden voted in a citywide referendum to continue that city’s experiment with congestion charging. By charging motorists a fee to drive into the city center, congestion charging had successfully reduced the amount of time Stockholm motorists spent waiting in traffic by 30 to 50 percent while significantly reducing air pollution and providing […]

Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 19, 2006 | 3 Comments

But Reject the Political Party That Supported It. Result: Gridlock Over Gridlock. On Sunday, residents of Stockholm, Sweden voted to continue their city’s seven-month long experiment with congestion charging. With 53 percent of the electorate in favor of congestion charging, the referendum represented a definitive victory for a system that reduced Stockholm’s traffic congestion by […]

Stockholm Voters OK Congestion Charging

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 18, 2006 | 3 Comments

From this morning’s International Herald Tribune: Near-complete results for the Sunday referendum showed that 51.7 percent of Stockholm voters approved the traffic toll, while 45.6 percent voted against it. The congestion fee was contested when city officials introduced it in a seven-month trial that ran between January and July. Public opinion swung in favor of […]

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