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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…10mos10MO

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

 @9RDHKH3 from Minnesota  answered…10mos10MO

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.

 @9RBTJRM from Illinois  answered…10mos10MO

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…10mos10MO

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

 @9MM7KVZ from Minnesota  answered…12mos12MO

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

 @9QSH8FV from New Jersey  answered…10mos10MO

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

 @9PSNK4X  from California  answered…11mos11MO

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…11mos11MO

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

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Holy Intervention: Iran Urges Pope Francis to Stop War in Middle East

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Pope Francis to use his influence with Christian governments to stop war in the Middle East, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday."Encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to prevent the continuation of aggressions made by the criminal Israeli regime," Pezeshkian said, in what Fars described as a message to the Pope.The message was delivered by an Iranian delegation participating in a religious dialogue event held in the Vatican, Iran's government website said.Tehran and the Holy See have enjoyed formal diplomatic relations since 1954, and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2022 shared a message to Pope Francis lauding his "stances on consolidating relations between Islam and Christianity".Last week, Pope Francis suggested the global community should study whether Israel's military campaign in Gaza constituted a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel's conduct in its year-long war.Israel says accusations of genocide in its Gaza campaign are baseless and that it is solely hunting down Iranian-backed Hamas and other armed groups.Pezeshkian added that Tehran was ready to engage constructively with the Vatican to promote peace and justice in the world.Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. But he has stepped up his criticism of Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas recently.

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