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Gridlock! Drew Carey and Reason.tv on Road Pricing

Lynne Kiesling

In the five-plus years of Knowledge Problem’s existence, one of the topics on which I have opined extensively is the efficiency and conservation benefits of congestion pricing. Recently, Mike had two great posts on congestion pricing, one on how economists don’t understand the opposition to congestion pricing, and one on the unwillingness of intransigent airlines to acknowledge the benefits of congestion pricing for takeoff and landing slots and for gates.

The new Reason.tv project with Drew Carey contributes to the idea of congestion pricing for roads with an outstanding short video called Gridlock: Hell on Wheels: