Until last month, U.S. commuting policy favored half-measures and incremental tweaks to address a scourge of urban America: traffic congestion. Evidence of poor policy was pronounced in NYC ...

NYC’s congestion pricing cuts traffic, emissions, and funds transit. Paired with Europe’s low-emission zones, it’s a blueprint for sustainable, livable cities.

While some cities have already implemented a series of measures meant to alleviate urban congestion, like smart traffic flow systems, ridesharing services, and improved public transport ...

It's called turnstile jumping – or more politely, "fare evasion" – and the MTA projects it will lose $800 million a year because of it, around the same figure congestion pricing may bring in.

NEW YORK — Congestion tolling is scheduled to start ... to raise $15 billion towards the MTA’s capital budget — a figure that the MTA plans to reach by selling bonds backed by tolling ...