I'm convinced the project will be tremendously significant as a model for what can be done. State Route 91 is already becoming a model. Within just a few weeks of its opening, the new toll lanes and nearby Metrolink trains drew so many commuters that congestion on Highway 91's free lanes dropped to levels not seen in more than 15 years. Carpooling and vanpooling also increased. On one evening alone, more than 160 vanpools were counted.
Congestion pricing is an idea who time has come.
Everyone involved can get a good return on their investment. Tim Lomax and David Schrank. Peak-Period Fees to Relieve Traffic Congestion , Vol. A Policy Discussion Series , Number 1, Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C., July 23, 1991. Ginny Finch is a program analyst and communications specialist in the Environmental Analysis Division of the Federal Highway Administration.