Is congestion pricing a fair solution for reducing urban gridlock?
After sitting in traffic for two hours yesterday, I'm convinced that congestion pricing in city centers is the only fair solution to reduce gridlock and fund public transit. I know it hits lower-income drivers harder, but subsidized alternatives could balance that. My colleague argues it just pushes cars to residential streets, but I think that's a manageable problem with proper design. Yet I'm not entirely confident—can we really trust cities to implement it without hurting small businesses?