City Solutions Toolkit: Operationalizing Clean Air Action Plans Part 2 - Introduction to Congestion Charging Basics in Developing Cities

A small number of cities in Asia and Europe have developed traffic charging systems designed to reduce air pollution and congestion, while also offering opportunities for significant reductions in associated climate pollutants. Because these traffic charging systems, frequently referred to as “congestion charges”, provide opportunities to direct collected revenue towards improvements in public transport and facilitate shifts away from motorized transport, they hold great promise in significantly reducing the environmental and health impacts in cities across Asia. This toolkit provides guidelines on the design and implementation of congestion charging schemes.