[bdzr]

Oh god. Didn't they try to do something like this in Mexico City and it resulted in no change? Clever policy is always rife with unintended consequences; prices are good.

[whatever1]

This is how China and most Europe does it for their big cities. Identical effectiveness minus the regressivity for the poor.

If the city wants to buy more buses they can always send higher tax bills to their residents

[lokar]

Not true. The rich just get extra car with different plates.