In the early 1970s, planners in Buenos Aires piloted a novel remedy for the city’s chronic traffic congestion and vehicular pollution: to cut downtown traffic in half, they banned vehicles from entering the city center every other day, depending on whether the last digit of a license plate was odd or even. This approach turned out to have tremendous appeal to planners in … [Read more...] about License plate–based driving restrictions programs: Where do they make sense?
Allen Blackman
Allen Blackman is Principal Economic Advisor in the Inter-American Development Bank’s Climate and Sustainable Development Sector. His research focuses on urban environmental issues, agricultural supply chains, and land use and land cover change.