[PEN-L:8246] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: California Green Party Assembly Representive requests help

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, but what WILL they fund?  More lanes.

Gene Coyle

Brad De Long wrote:

> >Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> >
> >> <snip>
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> >
> >
> >>
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> >> If memory serves there was group in SF Bay area advocating "planned
> >> congestion" and "market" (i.e. price) approach (increasing bridge tolls and
> >> parking fees) to make cars less attractive for commuters - a very clever
> >> way of using market ideology to fight the auto industry.
> >>
> >> wojtek
> >
> >  There are two groups in the Bay Area pushing congestion pricing.  I don't
> >think it is that clever.  the groups are the Environmental Defense Fund and
> >the Union of Concerned Scientists  -- Berkeley office.  If we rely on
> >congestion pricing, who is it that is going to drive?  And what do the rest
> >do, without transit?
> >
> >Gene Coyle
>
> The congestion pricing fees *are* there to fund mass transit (or anything
> else you want). Maybe you would be happier if you thought of it as a
> progressive tax on a polluting activity...
>
> Brad DeLong