Now that the city has made an
amendment to the Central City Plan regarding options for congestion pricing I hope that the "No More Freeways"
coalition will offer potential drafts of their own. It is doubtful that the city council, who largely drives alone as their means of transit, will have the will to propose something in the line of what, for example,
London currently uses, which appears to be quite effective in limiting SOV use.
Tolls at the I5 and I205 bridges will not effectively target congestion in the city center. True congestion pricing, encompassing an area of the central city would likely prove to be the most effective method, as evidenced by the multiple cities who use this method. I would like to see an area such as
this, in concert with parking and traffic mediation around the border (e.g. diverters, 1-2 hour parking zones).
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