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Opposite World: Is traffic good for the environment?

Traffic congestion is good for the environment. Wait, come again? Are we talking about Bizarro World here? Actually, according to Wall Street Journal writer David Owen, excessive congestion can actually be a good thing when it convinces drivers to explorer transportation alternatives instead of sitting in endless traffic jams. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/FAIL_Wall_Street_Journal_Says_Traffic_Will_Save_the_Planet'; Further, some studies show that decreasing travel time with metered freeway entrance ramps actually increases ... Read more →

Rush hour times decrease to "just" 36.1 hours per traveler; "only" 2.8 billion gallons of gas wasted Sebastian Blanco

Silver lining. Opportunity. Sign of the times. Whatever you want to call it, high gas prices and the dire economy have reduced national average rush hour traffic times for the second year in a row. ...

San Francisco could soon be first US city with a congestion charge Sam Abuelsamid

The city by the bay could soon be the first American city to get a congestion charge, and if current plans go forward it will be complex. San Francisco is currently debating a plan that would charge ...

Porsche donates Congestion Charge legal awards to charity Jeremy Korzeniewski

Earlier this year, a major storm was brewing in London as then-mayor Ken Livingstone was locked in a legal battle with Porsche over an increased Congestion Charge on its performance cars. After quite ...

London congestion charge zone expansion canceled by new mayor Sam Abuelsamid

Prior to the mayoral election in London, England earlier this year, former mayor Ken Livingstone had grand plans to expand the scope of the city's congestion charge. Following the election, the man ...

London's Congestion Charge will increase CO2 emissions? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We don't want to take sides on London's Congestion Charge, but we are keenly interested in what the charge will mean for the environment and motorists. Ken Livingstone claims that the charge is intended to reduce congestion and CO2 emissions while Porsche claims that the charges are unnecessarily ...

smart may force cities to reconsider parking laws 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The smart limited two, unveiled in Geneva. One reason that micro-vehicles like the smart exist is so that they can cut down on congestion. There is only so much space available in big urban areas, and parking spots are often hard to come by. So, to pack more vehicles in the same amount of parking ...

Lane splitting in California - for or against? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

California residents are likely quite familiar with the act of lane splitting, when a motorcycle passes through the flow of traffic in-between slowly moving cars. Lane splitting is only allowed when lanes are divided by dotted white lines, and traffic has to be moving very slowly or stopped. ...

Brock Yates now writes for TTAC, this time rants on traffic 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Love him or hate him, Brock Yates always has something to say. When he was fired from Car and Driver (seemingly because they could no longer afford his services), there were both tears of joy and of misery. As far as we're concerned, reading Brock's opinions has little bearing on our own, so we ...

Traffic woes in Britain and some possible solutions 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Getting stuck in traffic stinks no matter where you live. More cars and more drivers don't mesh very well with stagnant roadway projects, and the problem is just as bad in Britain as it is in the States. In fact, in the last 30 years, traffic has almost doubled in Britain, helping to cause a 52 ...

Easing congestion by banning all vehicle traffic from Times Square 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On my list trip to New York for the Auto Show it took an hour and a half to traverse the 15 miles from the Javits Center to Kennedy Airport thanks to the congestion that seems to be an inherent part of life on Manhattan island. Mayor Mike Bloomberg has recently floated the idea of a congestion ...

Avoid traffic and save fuel - Google Maps now shows you the traffic to avoid 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's nothing worse than sitting in traffic, especially knowing that your vehicle, and all those around you, are contributing to carbon emissions while achieving next to nothing in terms of useful work. The ideal situation of course is to avoid the traffic jams in the first place and most modern ...

Traffic congestion going to get a lot worse. Surprised? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you've ever spent any time trying to drive in any big city, you know the meaning of frustration. As I write this I'm sitting in the back seat of a New York city cab trying to get back to La Guardia airport. According to Google Maps the distance from the airport to the Manhattan hotel where I ...

America's congestion conundrum and the true cost of driving 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to the Christian Science Monitor, there are now 134 million commuters hitting American streets during rush hour and we're responding to the traffic problem worse than ever. So says Alan Pisarski, the country's top commuter expert (I not sure how he got that title, but the CSM chooses to ...

London Mayor wants higher fee for most-polluting cars 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

London Mayor Ken Livingstone wants to make changes to the three-year-old congestion charging system, in order to tax the most polluting personal vehicles more than the cleaner ones. The congestion charge is currently £8 per car, regardless of what vehicle you are driving, each time you enter ...


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