If traffic congestion can be compared to water flowing through a sink drain, then a congestion toll is like the handle on the spigot -- it increases during times of peak road use, decreases during off-peak times, and is adjusted in real time to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
After eight years of 10% growth in private cars, there are now more than 400 vehicles per kilometer of road at peak times.
Nationwide, the INRIX study found that commuters on the road during peak driving times in the 100 largest cities took seven percent longer to reach their destinations than if traffic was moving freely.
Pikes Peak and its famed auto road is also an easy drive.
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As a result, Mr Parry finds, the net benefits of a road-specific peak-period fee (the gain of less congestion minus the cost of disrupted travel) would be about three times bigger than a petrol-tax increase calculated to curb congestion by the same amount.
Coverage of the travel rush nears a peak with reports on rail and road traffic, while the People's Daily also reports that hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in southern Guangdong province set off home on motor bikes.
Ministers propose that companies carrying out roadworks at peak times pay councils to rent the road space.
Built in the 1970s, Derby's inner ring road is used by almost 60, 000 vehicles on an average weekday and at peak times more than 4, 000 cars, buses and lorries use the section of road every hour.
Transition Towns began in the backwoods of Ireland, not far down the road from the modest two bedroomed home of Peak Oil founder, Colin Campbell.
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Our goal: Sportsman Lake, a dot of water near 10, 969-foot Electric Peak, a fly-fishing paradise 11 miles from the nearest road.
At its peak, in 1912, the EV industry had 35, 000 vehicles on the road in the U.S. alone.
"At peak commuting times, delays are inevitable, " said Insp Neil Lumsden, head of road policing at Northern Constabulary.
As we entered Maryland she was nearing 90 mph on the shoulder of the road passing cars as if they were standing still as rush hour was nearing its peak.
From the road, it can be seen entirely, from its shrubby base to its distinctive double peak, covered all year round with gleaming white snow.
Some sellers, unwilling to accept prices that are still down from their peak by one-third, are taking their homes off the market in anticipation of higher prices down the road.
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