[Frozenlock]

I always wondered about this. There must exist a price after which people will take their daily commune into account when negotiating for a job.

This could have multiple outcomes:

- Change the schedule so that not everyone is on the road the same time;

- More remote work;

- Higher salaries when you have to drive in peak hours.

You don't have less vehicules; just less at the same time.

[lutorm]

Really, congestion pricing would be a vanishingly small increase to the cost of commuting, given the already-existing costs in terms of money and lost time that goes along with doing it (by car, at least.)

Edit: good read: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2011/10/06/the-true-cost-of-c...

[paganel]

> - Change the schedule so that not everyone is on the road the same time

This was actually what the former Communist authorities from my Eastern European country did back in the late '70s- the'80s, when public transport in the capital city was like this: http://www.ap-arte.ro/fckupload/82_1632%20april%20Tram_super... and http://jurnalul.ro/thumbs/big/2009/06/05/trasee-interminabil... .

[skybrian]

It also makes carpooling more attractive since you can split the cost (or it might be waived).

[jchrisa]

The price is called your sanity.