[yesfitz]

The same can be said of any tax meant to curb a behavior (sin tax).

What traffic-reducing policy would you suggest such that all people are affected equally?

[dr2chase]

Depends how you define "equal". One approach is simply to scale the charge by income -- effectively, convert time to money, and charge you a congestion tax of some amount of money-earning time. "6 minutes" is 1/10000 of your annual income -- $2 for someone earning $20,000 per year, $20 for someone earning $200,000 per year.

But does a vehicle with several people in it pay for the max, min, median, average, or the driver's time? I suspect "driver" is easiest, it seems like it might work but I'll bet there are some screwy ways to game that rule, too.

[bdangubic]

absolutely none, which is why ideas like this will never see the light of day…

[thekyle]

I think it's worth pointing out that congestion pricing is a policy that already exists in several cities around the world including New York City.

[tshaddox]

And also in essentially any relevant private market for goods and services where capacity is limited, especially when there are more and less desirable times.

[Straw]

In a very weak form, yes- and yet it still seems helpful and even popular after people saw the effects of implementation.