Chicago Proposes ?Congestion Fee? On Parking to Fund Transit

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to use a parking surtax downtown to pay for transit.
In last winter’s Chicago mayoral election, all the leading candidates made ambitious promises to increase funding for the city’s struggling transit agency. Now, with a proposed $2 “congestion fee” — really a downtown surcharge on the city’s parking tax — Emanuel [...]

Source: http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/10/19/chicago-proposes-congestion-fee-on-parking-to-fund-transit/

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