Basically my idea is the bit in orange (Gabba Traffic Area), bit in yellow (Lang Park Traffic anrea) and bit in Blue (Brisbane City Traffic Area) would be tolled/congestion pricing. For the Gabba and lang park area it would be weekday peak only as well as during major events, whilst for Brisbane area proper it would be a full weekday congestion toll and will also apply on late Friday and late Saturday nights for the valley area. Both will be untolled on weekends and public holidays. Also local traffic could have some exemptions. Also think some streets like Adelaide street should be bus only during peak hour unless your actually got to park up there. Problem with this though is how do you enforce. Ultimately the council would be getting most the revenue from this.
It won’t happen, politicians are sh*t scared of annoying drivers. But if it did, I think the best opportunity would be on a smaller scale, like a congestion charge for entering or leaving the CBD during peak hours, and then perhaps increasing the size of the zone in future.
Well yeah obviously we would need to pilot it
Should add, congestion pricing could also raise money for the storey bridge restoration
The Story Bridge is owned by Brisbane City Council. Councils do not have the power to create their own taxes like state or federal governments, they can only raise revenue through rates/fees/charges (on land, not on vehicles or road users) where authorised by state legislation.
Doesn’t Council get a cut of the revenue from Legacy Way and the Go Between Bridge?
I don’t think they get a cut of each toll. They benefit financially with the initial construction costs and ongoing lease costs etc.