Congestion Pricing for All

Joel Epstein on an importatnt innovation - at long last - in New York City

"New York City has long needed congestion pricing and now it finally has it. Amen."

https://joelepstein.substack.com/p/congestion-pricing-for-all

#newyorkcity #nyc #congestionpricing #busrapidtransit #brt #puebla #mexicocity #cdmx #metrobús #westway #mta #transit

Congestion Pricing for All

New York City has long needed congestion pricing and now it finally has it. Amen.

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London’s lost mega-motorway: the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city | London | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/londons-lost-mega-motorway-the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

#London #Motorway #Westway

London’s lost mega-motorway: the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city

In the car-crazed 1960s, planners came up with a scheme to slash through the capital’s inner suburbs with huge freeways. Only fragments were ever built – but they tell of a fate narrowly avoided

The Guardian

The forbidding aspect of Southwyck House was deliberately designed to muffle the roar of an eight lane, elevated motorway, planned to slash through #Brixton. Mercifully, it was never built, but other travesties like the elevated section of the A40 - the #Westway - give you an idea of a #London that might have been.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/londons-lost-mega-motorway-the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

London’s lost mega-motorway: the eight-lane ring road that would have destroyed much of the city

In the car-crazed 1960s, planners came up with a scheme to slash through the capital’s inner suburbs with huge freeways. Only fragments were ever built – but they tell of a fate narrowly avoided

The Guardian