Comments on: Komanoff on the C-Charge http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/22/komanoff-on-the-c-charge/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 14:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Peter Smith http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/22/komanoff-on-the-c-charge/#comment-11908 Peter Smith Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:34:51 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1439#comment-11908 don't like the taxi surcharge idea. we should be rewarding good behavior -- taxis and car sharing services are great, relatively speaking -- more of it, and less of private car use, is what we want. one taxi serves how many trips in a typical day? 20? 30? more? don’t like the taxi surcharge idea. we should be rewarding good behavior — taxis and car sharing services are great, relatively speaking — more of it, and less of private car use, is what we want. one taxi serves how many trips in a typical day? 20? 30? more?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/22/komanoff-on-the-c-charge/#comment-11897 Andrew Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:22:25 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1439#comment-11897 A congestion charge paid by taxi riders will be offset, perhaps completely, whenever the taxi spends less time than it otherwise would have stopped or traveling under 6mph, which adds 20 cents per minute to the fare. Also, each taxi will be able to carry more fares each day. Win - win. Hard to believe the Time is Money people who seem to dominate the city still can not get a congestion charge in effect. A congestion charge paid by taxi riders will be offset, perhaps completely, whenever the taxi spends less time than it otherwise would have stopped or traveling under 6mph, which adds 20 cents per minute to the fare.

Also, each taxi will be able to carry more fares each day.

Win - win. Hard to believe the Time is Money people who seem to dominate the city still can not get a congestion charge in effect.

]]> By: Steven Vance http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/03/22/komanoff-on-the-c-charge/#comment-11877 Steven Vance Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:09:33 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1439#comment-11877 For a simple paper I wrote for a class at UIC on implementing cordon or time-based congestion charging, my conclusions included one of the same points as Charles Komanoff: Transit improvements must be provided BEFORE the toll comes into effect. For a simple paper I wrote for a class at UIC on implementing cordon or time-based congestion charging, my conclusions included one of the same points as Charles Komanoff: Transit improvements must be provided BEFORE the toll comes into effect.

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