The problem I see is most cities just don't have the public transportation infrastructure to pull something off like this.
I lived in Atlanta for a while and public transport there was just not built up enough where someone could use it productively. Now I live in Denver and the situation here is even worse.
I would LOVE to be able to not use my car for every day transportation (and I say that as a diehard gearhead), but in most places it's just such an inconvenience that it's not worth it.
The reason this plan works in NYC is they already have all that infrastructure.
With the current CTA budget problems, they’re going to need to figure something out soon. But unfortunately I don’t think they’d ever manage to implement this. It’s hard to imagine how they’d physically set this up.
It's a chicken and egg problem, but ideally they would use the congestion revenue to fund public transit improvements. If we do nothing, Atlanta and Denver will continue to be car cities forever.
I lived in Atlanta for a while and public transport there was just not built up enough where someone could use it productively. Now I live in Denver and the situation here is even worse.
I would LOVE to be able to not use my car for every day transportation (and I say that as a diehard gearhead), but in most places it's just such an inconvenience that it's not worth it.
The reason this plan works in NYC is they already have all that infrastructure.