An Equitable Approach to Reducing Traffic Through Congestion Pricing

Photo of traffic congested urban street with center thoroughfare for bicycles and pedestrians

A team of researchers from Stanford's Autonomous Systems Lab, MIT and Lacuna has proposed a road pricing approach that could improve economic equity while reducing congestion. The key idea: Refund tolls in a way that redistributes some of the money from rich to poor and ensures all drivers are as well off or better than they were before.