Last week saw Congested Cities take over This Big City. We published thirteen posts over the last seven days, making it a congested week both in terms of content theme and frequency. In case you missed out on any of the great posts, here’s a rundown:
Five Cities with Congestion Pricing
Safety, money, and public desire are just a few of the many reasons congestion pricing is becoming increasingly popular in cities worldwide. Here are five cities that have started charging their road users.
Can Road Trains cut Congestion and Emissions?
The concept of road trains – eight vehicles wirelessly connected and travelling the same path – is being presented as a way to increase motorway capacity and reduce emissions. But could this actually worsen congestion by make driving more desirable?
The Success of Stockholm’s Congestion Pricing Solution
Inspired by the success of London’s congestion charge, Stockholm introduced its own congestion pricing system in January 2006. As with London, the scheme has been a big success, but its functionality differs considerably.
True Love & Congestion: the Social Effects of Congested Cities
In fiction, congested cities have formed friendships and relationships. But in reality, congestion is seen as something negative by almost everyone. However, once analysed a bit further, we find that there are two different views on what congestion means socially.
Does the World’s Most Congested City Want more Cars?
Population and size already make congestion in Mexico City bad enough. However, the local government is downright encouraging car use with its most prominent policies, instead of making conditions less convenient for cars.
Minimising Congestion as a Tourist in Beijing
Getting people out of their cars and onto bikes has been a tried and tested solution for congested cities all over the world. Governments try various schemes to get commuters on to bikes but what about the millions of tourists?
Four Cities that need Congestion Pricing
Congestion pricing is becoming increasingly common all over the world. But not in Delhi, New York, Bangkok or Säo Paulo – four cities desperately in need of a solution to their congestion problems.
Five Cities, Five Different Congestion Solutions
Congestion problems are different in every city, as are the solutions. Here are five cities with five different congestion innovations, each of which has been featured on This Big City in the last two years.
Mileage Tax: Driving a Car is a Privilege we Must Pay for
One of the most urgent problems in transportation policy today is relieving congestion on American roads. Perhaps the most obvious way to go about this would be to start pricing driving at more realistic levels?
The New York Congestion Charge that Never Materialised
Michael Bloomberg almost did it. The schematic map was all drawn up, the studies were encouraging, and eight million New Yorkers were lurching towards acceptance. But New York’s congestion pricing system never happened.
South Africa Renews Rail in Push to Reduce Congestion
South Africa has an enviable modal split between public and private transport – but how can it stay that way while making transport options greener, more efficient and more equitable? Investing in rail may just provide the solution.
How do we Create Urban Spaces for Millions of People?
Are crowds and congestion related? In its most basic definition, congestion is the overcrowding of a particular space. So, how does one as a planner, architect or engineer create the streams for this flow of crowds to move, or even live, freely?
What’s a Girl to do in Congested Manhattan? Stop Wearing Heels?
Considering distance to destination and mode of transportation is a different process for the women of Manhattan. Finding heels that coordinate with an outfit is hard enough without having to decide how to get through congested New York City in them.
