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ABC's Lisa Stark (subscription required) reported on the $850m granted by the federal Department of Transportation to Miami, Seattle, Minneapolis, San Francisco and New York to conduct experiments in reducing rush hour traffic congestion. San Francisco, for example, plans to deploy high speed buses that automatically change traffic lights to green in their favor as they approach. Highways will be converted to "variable toll lanes," where the price for usage rises in proportion to its level of congestion. On CBS, Seth Doane got behind the wheel of his silver convertible to illustrate the congestion in New York City: GoogleMaps told him that an eleven-mile drive to The Bronx should take 24 minutes. "This was a good day," rejoiced Doane--45 minutes. He headed for the borough to attend Mayor Michael Bloomberg's press conference on his congestion relief scheme: $8 per car to enter Manhattan during daylight on a weekday. It is modeled on tolls imposed in Singapore and London but "still has to pass the state legislature."
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