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How to solve congestion: Own the roads!

Lawrence Solomon
17 Apr 2010
Financial Post

Under a new U.K. think tank plan, every citizen would own a share of the country’s roads. This would benefit them ... and the economy

You paid for the roads. You should own them.

That’s the message from the U.K., where a leading think tank, Social Market Foundation, has a solution for a problem that has bedeviled the government for more than a decade: How to introduce road tolls on the country’s heavily congested road system without raising the wrath of a citizenry suspicious of both governments and corporations.  Full story »

In praise of toll roads

Marcus Gee
10 Apr 2010
The Globe and Mail

When the mayor of a car-reliant suburban municipality calls for road tolls, you pay attention. When that mayor is Mississauga’s legendary Hazel McCallion, you sit straight up in your seat.

Ms. McCallion told a radio reporter this week that Toronto-region leaders have to at least consider putting tolls on 400-series highways to help build better roads and transit. “Somebody’s got to pay for it,” she said.

Well, precisely. Two developments in the past month suggest the money isn’t going to come from government coffers.  Full story »

Good tolls, bad tolls

Lawrence Solomon
28 Nov 2008
FP comment

The Greater Toronto Area needs a gazillion dollars to fund Metrolinx, a mega mega transportation system of light rail, commuter trains, subways, highways, roads, and bicycle paths designed to reach every ward in an 8,000 square kilometre operating region approaching six million people. It will cost more than governments can afford, say its government backers.

 

The answer, the backers say, is a toll road system that extends across the GTA and finances the transit megaproject.

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For whom the road tolls

Lawrence Solomon
18 Oct 2006
National Post

Traffic congestion costs Toronto an estimated $1.8-billion a year, and a poll of business leaders this month said fixing it should be the new city council's first priority. Lawrence Solomon argues that toll roads are not part of the solution – they are the entire solution.
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Stockholm tries tolls to curb use of cars

Lawrence Solomon
3 Mar 2006
National Post

Stockholm tries tolls to curb use of cars   by Lawrence Solomon  Full story »

Tolls gather speed

Lawrence Solomon
28 May 2005
National Post

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Cities of the Future

Lawrence Solomon
5 May 2004

THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE
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Toll roads v. the Canadian Accident Association

Lawrence Solomon
17 Mar 2004
National Post

You have a flat tire. Or you need a tow. Or a boost. Or you've run out of gas. If you're like millions of Canadians, you call the Canadian Automobile Association to get you going again.

Except if you're on the 407, the electronic toll road north of Toronto. Highway 407 users don't need these CAA services because the highway operators look after their customers. They'll change your tire for you for free if it's flat, or give you a free gallon of gas if you've run out. Or a free boost if you've stalled, or free windshield wiper fluid if you can't see.  Full story »

London's green streets

19 Feb 2004
National Post

One year ago this week, London began to charge private automobiles and commercial vehicles £5 ($12.50) a day if they either entered or left its downtown core between 7 a.m. and 6:30 pm. The reviews of this unprecedented experiment – designed to reduce traffic jams in one of the most heavily congested cities in the world – are now in, and they're rave. The pundits who almost all predicted disaster are red-faced. London has cracked gridlock and unlocked economic efficiencies.  Full story »