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Should cities implement congestion pricing to reduce traffic in busy urban areas?

Congestion pricing is a system where drivers are charged a fee to enter certain high-traffic areas during peak times, aiming to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. Proponents argue that it effectively reduces traffic and emissions while generating revenue for public transportation improvements. Opponents argue that it unfairly targets lower-income drivers and may simply shift congestion to other areas.

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 @9QXC4Y7 from Minnesota  answered…12mos12MO

No, cities should be putting more effort into community designs that encourage non motorized traffic.

 @9RDHKH3 from Minnesota  answered…11mos11MO

I don’t believe this concept has been explored to a degree where it is possible to determine whether the pollution reduction outweighs the effects of pricing on lower-income drivers, or vice versa.

 @9MM7KVZ from Minnesota  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, but only in overcrowded areas and the price should not be that high

 @9RBTJRM from Illinois  answered…11mos11MO

No, generally these congested cities are filled with persons who live paycheck to paycheck which would make it much more difficult for those people to make it to work.

 @9QT5RZP from New York  answered…12mos12MO

Yes, but ensure that cities have proper public transportation in place for the surrounding suburban areas first.

 @9QSH8FV from New Jersey  answered…12mos12MO

No, offer incentives for cites to implement alternative transportation options to reduce congestion instead.

 @9PSNK4X  from California  answered…12mos12MO

Congestion pricing serves no purpose other than to raise funds for city and state governments, and only highly populated states like California, Texas, New York and Florida (there are more) would be affected by these regulations. The already clear population migration issues of those states would only grow more severe with regulations like these.

 @9NH4KTR from Massachusetts  answered…1yr1Y

invest more in high speed rail to limit the number of cars on the road and implement parking control

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…8mos8MO

China Targets U.S. Government Phones in Major Cyber Attack

A federal agency has issued a directive to employees to reduce the use of their phones for work matters due to China’s recent hack of U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter.In an email to staff sent Thursday, the chief information officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned that internal and external work-related meetings and conversations that involve nonpublic data should only be held on platforms like Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx and not on work-issued or personal phones.U.S. investigators believe hackers tied to a Chinese intelligence agency are responsible for the breaches and that they have targeted a wide array of senior national security and policy officials across the U.S. government in addition to politicians, the Journal has reported.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which has the authority to issue cybersecurity directives across federal civilian agencies, didn’t respond to a request for comment.“Do NOT conduct CFPB work using mobile voice calls or text messages,” the email said, while referencing a recent government statement acknowledging the telecommunications infrastructure attack. “While there is no evidence that CFPB has been targeted by this unauthorized access, I ask for your compliance with these directives so we reduce the risk that we will be compromised,” said the email, which was sent to all CFPB employees and contractors.It wasn’t clear if other federal agencies had taken similar measures or were planning to, but many U.S. officials have already curtailed their phone use due to the hack, according to a former official. “There is a general reticence to use their cellphones,” the former official said.U.S. agencies and many companies frequently send out cybersecurity tips and reminders to employees. But a directive to avoid cellphone use in response to a specific threat is rare for a government agency and reflects the level of concern among investigators about the severity of the breaches of telecommunications firms, including Verizon and AT&T. The alert added that staff shouldn’t place calls to a cellphone even if using a different communications platform, like Microsoft Teams.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…9mos9MO

Iran Warns to U.S. Allies Don’t Help Israel, or You’re Next

Tehran is threatening in secret diplomatic backchannels to target the oil-rich Arab Gulf states and other American allies in the Middle East if their territories or airspace are used for an attack on Iran, said Arab officials.Israel has threatened Tehran with a severe reprisal after Iran fired about 180 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier this month, with some Israeli officials and commentators pushing for damaging strikes on Tehran’s nuclear facilities or oil infrastructure. In that event, Iran has warned it would respond with devastating hits on Israel’s civilian infrastructure, and would retaliate against any Arab state that facilitated the attack, the officials said.The Arab officials said the countries that Iran has threatened include Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, all of which host U.S. troops. These states have told the Biden administration that they don’t want their military infrastructure or airspace to be used by the U.S. or Israel for any offensive operations against Iran, the officials said. While the Iranian threats are vague, they have raised concerns in energy-rich Persian Gulf states that their oil facilities—long viewed as protected by an American security umbrella—could be hit, the Arab officials said. U.S. military installations and forces in the region could also be at risk in a region with one of the highest concentrations of American troops in the world, they added.While the Iranian threats are vague, they have raised concerns in energy-rich Persian Gulf states that their oil facilities—long viewed as protected by an American security umbrella—could be hit, the Arab officials said. U.S. military installations and forces in the region could also be at risk in a region with one of the highest concentrations of American troops in the world, they added.

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