Essays on Traffic congestion

The scheme is the idea of the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. The running of the congestion charge will be done by Transport for London. Nearly all drivers will have to pay the congestion charge of �5 to enter Central London between 7am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday. (Once the charge is paid you are…

How would you reduce Houston traffic? “If everyone who carpooled reverted to driving alone, we’d have 634,000 more vehicles on our roads and 134 more tons of pollutants in our air—everyday!”                                                                                         –California Polytechnic Rideshare      As is the case with many metropolitan areas, the traffic on Houston’s freeways, tollways and major highways creates major…

Introduction The cost of congestion was regarded by the late Professor William Vickrey to be high. Very roughly, the real economic cost of the transport infrastructure in the US was about three times the total gasoline and vehicular taxes generated by automobile use of city streets (Vickrey, 1963). Yet motorists were always under the misimpression…

How could behavior modification be used to reduce he traffic congestion in the city? It is teaching people different behaviors and changes by making them take the transit bus or the subway or carpool in the hove lane to reduce traffic congestion in the city. Some people see it as a form of control trying…

Evaluate the success (or otherwise) of the congestion charge now in operation in London? In the light of your evaluation and relevant economic arguments discuss the case for introducing congestion charges in other congested areas. The Congestion Charge is a transport strategy to reduce traffic congestion that has been put in to operation in Central…

Immigration in Carlifonia.             Immigrants from the world all over have always viewed the US as ‘the land of opportunity’. The perception in most of the developing countries is that moving to United Stats is a dream comes true with regards to economic opportunities and a chance to make a life either in the United…

“Where to live” is the most common question for young people cause it affects a lot to the rest of their lives. As its modern facilities, some people prefer living in urban rather than in rural areas. However some debate that people will harm their health when live in big city. No one is wrong…

1) Define the term ‘sustainable transport’.Sustainable transport can be defined differently by many sources, however the main definition of sustainable transport is looking at transportation methods and making them better both economically and environmentally. Sustainable transport systems look at reducing the environmental impact of vehicles, minimising cost and maximising the efficiency of public transport. 2)…

?Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Many people believe that governments should spend more money on improving roads and highways. However, other people think that more money should be spent on improving public transportation. Personally, I think that…

In most cities in Britain, the speed of modern traffic is often slower than the horse drawn trams of the nineteenth century. Traffic in London now averages a speed of thirteen kilometres per hour. In the ironically named ‘rush hour’, thousands of frustrated drivers sit in stationary cars, drive a few metres and then remain…