Highway and road congestion continues to get worse.
Congestion pricing puts a premium on driving during peak periods.
Using technology, local and state governments can efficiently collect tolls that vary according to time of travel. Calif. Dept. of Transportation, Colorado, Minnesota, New York. MFS Network Technologies, California Private Transportation Company. The primary cause of congestion is the huge numbers of single-occupant vehicles using limited highway capacity during commuting hours, according to Thomas J. Graff, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund. He pointed out that the best and probably only practical way to tackle the single-occupant vehicle problem is through pricing.