The Environmental Defense and the Humphrey School co-sponsored a workshop on January 25, 2007, on congestion pricing and urban partnerships for transportation professionals, at which a U.S. Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary discussed the USDOT's Urban Partnerships Program.
The workshop discussed how various cities across the world are successfully curbing traffic congestion, reducing pollution, raising new revenue, and improving public transport and efficient goods movement. The featured speaker was Gunnar Söderholm, the key government official who implemented Stockholm's congestion pricing system which cut traffic by 25%, congestion delay by 30-50%, and pollution by 14%. The workshop also included presentations on other successful congestion and pollution cutting pricing projects in London, Germany, Norway and Singapore. PDF files of the PowerPoint presentations of the speakers may be downloaded.
Presenters
- Gunnar Söderholm, Director Head of Environment Department, City of Stockholm, The Stockholm Trial: Congestion charging and improved public transport aimed at reducing traffic jams and creating a better environment
- Mike Keegan, Transport Planning & Policy, Transport for London, The Central London Congestion Charge
- Dr. Andreas Kossak, Germany's Truck Tolling: Road Pricing for High Performance Transportation. What can American local and regional authorities learn from experience abroad?
- Astrid Fortun, Chief Engineer, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Road Tolling in Norway: A Brief Introduction
- Michael Replogle, Environmental Defense, Congestion Charging in Singapore: Achieving High Performance Transportation
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