Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Congestion Pricing

Streets Bond Measure Headed to November Ballot

By Bryan Goebel | Jul 29, 2011 | 10 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of occasional stories on the “2011 Road Repaving and Street Safety Bond.” A $248 million streets bond measure being pushed by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and other electeds is on its way to the November ballot after being approved this week in a 9-2 vote […]

Data Show Bay Bridge Crossing Speeds Not Affected by Variable Tolls

By Eric Fischer | Jan 5, 2011 | 28 Comments

When the tolls on Bay Area bridges were increased on July 1, the Bay Bridge was given a higher toll at the times of its greatest usage in an attempt to reduce congestion by discouraging drivers from using the bridge at peak times. Crossing the bridge into San Francisco costs $6 from 5:00 to 10:00 […]

SF Congestion Pricing Study Moves Forward Without San Mateo Boundary

By Matthew Roth | Dec 14, 2010 | 31 Comments

The study analyzing numerous options for congestion pricing in San Francisco touched off such a political furor in San Mateo County, you’d have thought San Francisco was about to moat up and charge a fee for admission. Politicians and planners from Daly City and San Mateo spoke about the plan today as though they were […]

Congestion Pricing on KALW’s Crosscurrents

By Matthew Roth | Dec 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

San Francisco traffic planners will study congestion pricing further, following the vote of approval today by the Board of Supervisors in their capacity as directors of the SFCTA. The action puts the debate to bed for a couple more years, but expect the turmoil to begin anew when the SFCTA completes the required environmental review […]

San Mateo: We’ll Retaliate to Congestion Pricing with Congestion Pricing

By Bryan Goebel | Dec 13, 2010 | 21 Comments

In today’s San Mateo County Times, Mike Rosenburg brings us the news that “fuming” officials in San Mateo County are considering retaliating against San Francisco for studying congestion pricing, though their solution might seem counter-intuitive: Instigating what one Peninsula politician said would be a “border war,” some San Mateo County officials said they would try […]

Congestion Pricing Fracas Shows Lamentable Ignorance of Facts

By Matthew Roth | Dec 3, 2010 | 26 Comments

You’d think the Tea Party had descended on San Mateo County, what with the piqued rhetoric in the media over San Francisco’s congestion pricing study. I don’t like to invoke Sarah Palin’s jargon, but I keep coming back to her horrible phrase “lamestream media” when I see yet another story that paints San Francisco transportation […]

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