The prices we pay for free roads May 1, 2019 1. Congestion in San - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The prices we pay for free roads

May 1, 2019

• 1. Congestion in San Francisco costs drivers over

$2,000 a year in lost time.

• 10%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 4 Congested delay per worker Total delay per worker Population Jobs

For the whole Bay Area, jobs and population have grown 7% and 14% since the late 90’s, while congested delays per worker have grown by nearly 60%

Source: INRIX for congestion estimates: http://inrix.com/press-releases/scorecard-2017 VitalSigns for population and jobs: http://www.vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/data-center and for congestion metrics: http://www.vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/time-spent-congestion

• 2. Emissions from passenger cars is our region’s

single biggest contribution to climate change

Transportation - passenger cars Transportation - not cars Other industrial and commercial Oil refineries Electricity Residential Agriculture Other

Share of MMTCO2e for the Bay Area in 2014

Source: Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Table V: Bay Area Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory Projections : 1990 – 2029: http://www.baaqmd.gov/research-and-data/emission-inventory/maps-data-and-documents

• 3. Cars contribute to local air quality problems

and heart and respiratory disease

Source: BAAQMD, Community Air Risk Evaluation Program, 2013

• 4. Cars cause death and injury across all modes

throughout the Bay Area

“arguing that congestion pricing isn’t fair implicitly assumes that the status quo is fair”

~ Michael Manville

• 1. Driving externalities concentrate in disadvantaged communities
• 2. Current transportation funding sources are often regressive
• 3. Roads and driving are more heavily used by the affluent
• 4. Transit is more efficient but often costlier per trip than driving
• 5. We dedicate scarce urban space to cars instead of people

Current inequalities: