The heavy traffic in Masana is a growing drain on the city' s economy--the clogging of the streets of the central business district alone cost the economy more than $1  2 billion over the past year
In order to address this problem, officials plan to introduce congestion pricing, by which drivers would pay to enter the city's most heavily trafficked areas during the busiest times of the day
In other urban areas, congestion pricing has strongly encouraged carpooling (sharing of rides by private commuters).