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To combat the rush-hour traffic threatening Western civilization, American mayors are flocking to "congestion pricing." They're not alone: rulers worldwide love this scheme because it combines yet another automotive tax with surveillance cameras at every intersection.
The theory fueling congestion pricing is the one spanning our automotive lives: driving is a "privilege" government dispenses. Driving at rush hour is an even bigger privilege. So far, the state has granted this privilege for free (the dozens of highway, gas, sales, license, and car taxes we pay don't count). But the…
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Congestion Pricing: The Road to the Surveillance State
...mayors are flocking to "congestion pricing." They're not alone...automotive tax with surveillance cameras at every intersection...The theory fueling congestion pricing is the one spanning...privilege. So far, the state has granted this privilege... |
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Government urged to stick with plans for road pricing ; TRANSPORT POLICY
...campaign compared road pricing to the poll tax under...petition claims that road pricing would require the state to spy on drivers...been mounted against congestion charging in London...for pedestrians. Road pricing could be applied to... |
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NYC Mayor: Surveillance a City Necessity
...becoming a "surveillance state." New York...Manhattan, featuring surveillance cameras as well...introducing a road-pricing scheme modeled...traffic-busting congestion charge to New...council and the state legislature to... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Bloomberg defends cities' never-ending surveillance
...never-ending surveillance -- Views London...high-tech surveillance to catch criminals...We are under surveillance all the time...cameras and road barriers introduced...introducing a road-pricing scheme modeled...traffic-busting congestion charge to New...convince the ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Technology may be key to unlock gridlock.(Series: Overload on the road: How you...
...automated toll road, which makes use of "congestion pricing" in the...financed toll road in the U...miles on state-owned land...enforcement through surveillance cameras that...vehicle off the road. ITS also...Chicago. State officials... |
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MFS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD FIRST PRIVATE, ALL AVI HIGHWAY WITH...
...privately owned toll road. SR-91 is...of California State Assembly Bill...franchises by the state for privately...toll collection congestion is eliminated...amp; Video Surveillance that surveys...linking toll road operations to...implement congestion pricing techniques ... |
 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Revealed, what Blair isn't telling you about road tolls.
...you-drive road tolls plan...and to reduce congestion. Drivers will...live within road-pricing areas. * Identification...Secretary of State's position...Big Brother' surveillance concerns...live within road-pricing areas. * Tags... |
 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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TRAFFIC FLOW-GUSHES AND DRIPS SCIENCE VIEWS IT AS BOTH FLUID DYNAMICS & HUMAN...
...to traffic congestion must include...charging a ``congestion fee'' for...000 buried road sensors and...years by the state Department...best traffic surveillance systems in...way to solve congestion is through pricing it out, a... |
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GREAT ROAD TOLL FIASCO; As No. 10 website crashes with 1.2m protesting drivers...
...aspects of state surveillance. It was in November...interview he said the road-pricing scheme would...growing problem of congestion.' Conservative...consultation on road pricing. Here, we have...describes national congestion charges as... |
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...against national road-pricing, the Prime...is to reduce congestion, rather than...bolster the state's surveillance powers. 'Let...about national road-pricing. Indeed we...school and so cut congestion caused by the... |
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