The ideas used to describe and manage traffic jams on roads, from the jam itself to charging for road use. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the concept traffic congestion or congestion pricing. It excludes measures of road use. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members. It is one of the groups under the Road Concepts subcategory of the Transport atlas, which has its own browse page listing every group and member.
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Wikipedia: Traffic Congestion
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Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queuing.
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Congestion pricing or congestion charges is a system of charging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand, such as through higher peak charges for use of bus services, electricity, metros, railways, telephones, and road pricing to reduce traffic congestion; airlines and shipping companies may be
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