Reducing Traffic Congestion: Using Market Prices to Enhance Mobility: The High Cost of Idling: Report to Congress on the Progress and Accomplishments of the Congestion Pricing Pilot Program

US Transportation Collection1998PDFTech ReportUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Policy DevelopmentUnited StatesCongestion pricingTraffic congestionEngine idlingLessons learnedPolicyCongestion Pricing Pilot ProgramFHWA-PL-98-037This is the Department of Transportation's 1997 biennial report on the Congestion Pricing Pilot Program, as required by Section 1012(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, P.L. 102-240. The report highlights the significant progress that has been made in implementing pilot tests of congestion pricing and bringing congestion pricing to the attention of transportation planners and policy makers throughout the United States. The report is organized in the following sections: Executive Summary; The High Cost of Idling; What Can Be Done About It?; Projects in Motion; The Role of FHWA's Congestion Pricing Pilot Program; Lessons Learned; and Conclusions and a Look to the Future.120