Coming from the Atlanta metro area I am familiar with the issue of road congestion. In Gwinnett along US Hwy I-85 we have an HOV (high occupancy vehicle lane) and recently there has been discussion of making this opportunity a paid lane rather than a lane for carpoolers. Researchers have been hired to find the exact mathematical formula which will strike the perfect equilibrium between price and demand—that precise point where the price is high enough that the lane remains the fast lane but low enough that some people (enough people) will still pay it.
Here in the capital city San Jose, Costa Rica they have a similar problem. They have solved it by creating a schedule in which each car is banned from the road one day per week. This system is based on the first number in your license plate. For example, on Mondays anyone with a license plate beginning with 1 or 2 is prohibited from driving anywhere. In essence you are forced to car pool. Can you imagine how people in Atlanta would react to such a mandate?
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