Mobility Pricing

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I did my thesis on what a fair and efficient mobility pricing system would look like. It has the following basic tenets:

1. Existing tolls and taxes that pay for roads are eliminated. Property taxes that pay for roads would be eliminated.
2. A Mobility Pricing charges vary by vehicle class, time, day and location of travel. This is done to eliminate recurrent congestion.
3. Mobility Pricing Charges accurately reflect the cost vehicles impose on road infrastructure, health and the environment.

You can check out the presentation here

The big conclusions I found were:

• Mobility Pricing would benefit all users (drivers, transit users, pedestrians, cyclists), but only if it is designed to reduce congestion.
• Both urban and suburban areas benefit.
• When congestion benefits are factored in, business and industry benefit as well.