LA Metro Directors Approve Congestion Pricing Study

Angelenos may soon enjoy cleaner air, faster transit and safer streets thanks to a plan to advance congestion pricing. And for commuters, it could mean getting back 100 hours a year lost to congestion.

The LA Metro’s board directed Metro staff to embark on a 24-month congestion pricing feasibility and equity study that will set the stage for enabling legislation and a pilot project.

Kudos especially is owed to the Metro Directors who authored the key board motion: County Supervisors Hilda Solis and Janice Hahn; Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Metro Director Jackie Dupont-Walker; and Inglewood Mayor James Butts.

The equity approach will build off of work from NRDC and TransForm's equity report, “Pricing Roads, Advancing Equity.”

NRDC continues to advocate that equitable use of congestion pricing can make our communities healthier and safer, cut congestion and improve mobility outcomes for those who have been most disadvantaged by past transportation decisions.

Links to Metro reports and the board actions

• Metro staff report with links to attachments
• New Mobility Service Fee Plan
• Equity Study for Congestion Pricing Study
• White paper on funding the Re-Imagining LA County Plan

Coverage of the decision

• Preview of Board items on congestion pricing, New Mobility fees and 28 x 28 plan - Metro's blog, The Source
• L.A. Metro will study how to make driving more expensive — in your car or in an Uber - LA Times
• Metro Board Approves Studies of Congestion Pricing and TNC Fees - Streetsblog LA
• Could Paying To Drive Improve Your Commute? LA Metro Is Looking Into It - LAist