Stuck in traffic

Today I read a short piece in the New Yorker, regarding a planned initiative from Mayor Michael Bloomberg regarding the ever present issue of traffic congestion in Manhattan. He proposed congestion pricing- charging for the use of certain streets at certain times. As I understood it, this won't be put into place for quite a while but, it has proven results in places like London and Germany. Despite inevitable criticism, it sounds like it could be a good start to the problem of traffic congestion in big cities like New York (particularly in the global warming sense not to mention stress and road rage). From the article,
"The basic idea behind congestion pricing is simple: make motorists pay to use the busiest streets. Under the Mayor’s proposal, an invisible line would be drawn around Manhattan from Eighty-sixth Street south to the Battery. Vehicles crossing this line on weekdays between 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. would be charged a fee—eight dollars for cars, twenty-one dollars for trucks. (Those travelling only within the congestion zone would pay half price, while taxis and livery cabs would be exempt.) The fees would be assessed electronically and could be paid either with a toll pass or over the phone or the Internet."
You can read the full article here. A good Sunday morning read.