Subsidizing Congestion - TransitCenter

Subsidizing Congestion: The Multibillion-Dollar Tax Subsidy That’s Making Your Commute Worse

The commuter parking benefit results in $7.3 billion in forgone revenue annually while also increasing traffic congestion in our most congested cities, according to TransitCenter and Frontier Group‘s new report, “Subsidizing Congestion: The Multibillion-Dollar Tax Subsidy That’s Making Your Commute Worse.” Released on November 18, 2014, the report found that the $1.3 billion public transportation benefit removes only about a tenth of the roughly 820,000 cars added to the road by the parking subsidy.