{"product_id":"2026200017452-secondhand-paying-for-roads-the-economics-of-traffic-congestion","title":"Paying For Roads: The Economics Of Traffic Congestion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the intersection of public policy and everyday life sits one of the most persistent and costly problems of the modern world: traffic congestion. Gabriel Roth's Paying for Roads: The Economics of Traffic Congestion presents a rigorous and provocative argument that the root cause of gridlock is not too many cars, but fundamentally flawed road pricing — a system that treats road space as a free resource, thereby guaranteeing its chronic overuse. With the analytical precision of an economist and the clarity of a gifted communicator, Roth instructs the reader on how market-based mechanisms, particularly road pricing and congestion charges, could rationally allocate scarce urban road capacity and transform the way cities function.\n\nPublished as a Penguin Special, this concise but intellectually forceful work sits within a tradition of accessible, agenda-setting non-fiction that challenges readers to question established orthodoxies. Roth argues that governments, by refusing to price roads correctly, actively subsidise congestion and undermine investment in public transport — a cycle with profound consequences for urban planning, economic productivity, and social equity. Written with an authoritative and measured tone, the book laid important groundwork for the congestion charging debates that would define transport policy decades later. For anyone seeking to understand why cities grind to a halt — and what might actually be done about it — the answer begins here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210276348123,"sku":"2026200017452-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e129cd6d-ac9c-47b5-ad8d-d129a9a5dd07.png?v=1788268543","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017452-secondhand-paying-for-roads-the-economics-of-traffic-congestion","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}