We’re getting a better picture of what congestion pricing might look like in D.C.
New York City implemented congestion pricing last year as a way to reduce traffic in parts of the city, and the idea has been floated in D.C.
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration released on Tuesday a long overdue report on congestion pricing that was completed by a private firm in 2021 but never made public.
The report details one model that would charge drivers as much as $10 per day to drive downtown. Another model suggested charging $0.60 per minute while driving.
The report found congestion pricing would raise as much as $345 million per year
The report concluded the various options all would affect drivers’ commute times and reduce congestion.
Bowser has no plans to implement the plan in her final year in office. She called the report flawed, primarily because it bases many of its assumptions on pre-pandemic commuter data.
The report will be sent to the D.C. Council, where councilmembers could take action. But as with all D.C. laws, any measure would need congressional approval.
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