{"id":607158,"date":"2023-09-29T11:14:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T05:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=607158"},"modified":"2023-09-29T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T08:13:28","slug":"will-a-congestion-tax-make-our-roads-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/will-a-congestion-tax-make-our-roads-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a congestion tax make our roads better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A report prepared by the planning, programme monitoring and statistic department and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce has recommended a congestion tax on private vehicles using nine high-density roads to enter Bengaluru during peak hours.<\/p>\n<p>But introducing the tax in Bengaluru without boosting public transport will lead to a backlash, experts warn.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore, London and Stockholm collect a congestion tax in their central business districts during peak hours. New York may roll it out next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report prepared by the planning, programme monitoring and statistic department and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce has recommended a congestion tax on private vehicles using nine high-density roads to enter Bengaluru during peak hours. But introducing the tax in Bengaluru without boosting public transport will lead to a backlash, experts warn. Singapore, London and Stockholm collect a congestion tax in their central business districts during peak hours. New York may roll it out next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,130,178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-newspapers","category-roads-deccan-herald-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}