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==Impact== A study of congestion pricing in Stockholm between 2006 and 2010 found that in the absence of congestion pricing Stockholm's "air would have been five to ten percent more polluted between 2006 and 2010, and young children would have suffered 45 percent more asthma attacks".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidescience.org/news/driving-fee-rolls-back-asthma-attacks-stockholm|title=Driving Fee Rolls Back Asthma Attacks in Stockholm|date=2017-02-02|newspaper=Inside Science|access-date=2017-02-09|language=en|archive-date=8 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608145401/https://www.insidescience.org/news/driving-fee-rolls-back-asthma-attacks-stockholm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Simeonova|first1=Emilia|last2=Currie|first2=Janet|last3=Nilsson|first3=Peter|last4=Walker|first4=Reed|date=March 2018|title=Congestion Pricing, Air Pollution and Children's Health|journal=NBER Working Paper No. 24410|doi=10.3386/w24410|doi-access=free}}</ref> A 2013 study found that after congestion pricing was implemented in Seattle, drivers reported greater satisfaction with the routes covered by congestion pricing and reported lower stress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/upshot/stuck-and-stressed-the-health-costs-of-traffic.html|title=Stuck and Stressed: The Health Costs of Traffic|last=Frakt|first=Austin|date=2019-01-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707194612/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/upshot/stuck-and-stressed-the-health-costs-of-traffic.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peirce|first1=Sean|last2=Puckett|first2=Sean|last3=Petrella|first3=Margaret|last4=Minnice|first4=Paul|last5=Lappin|first5=Jane|year=2013|title=Effects of Full-Facility Variable Tolling on Traveler Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Study of the Sr-520 Corridor in Seattle, Washington|journal=Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board|language=en|volume=2345|pages=74β82|doi=10.3141/2345-10|s2cid=109715156}}</ref> A 2016 study found that more people used public transportation due to the implementation of congestion pricing in Singapore.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Agarwal|first1=Sumit|last2=Koo|first2=Kang Mo|date=2016-09-01|title=Impact of electronic road pricing (ERP) changes on transport modal choice|journal=Regional Science and Urban Economics|volume=60|pages=1β11|doi=10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.05.003|issn=0166-0462}}</ref> A 2016 study found that real estate prices dropped by 19% within the cordoned-off areas of Singapore where congestion pricing was in place relative to the areas outside of the area.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Agarwal|first1=Sumit|last2=Koo|first2=Kang Mo|last3=Sing|first3=Tien Foo|date=2015-11-01|title=Impact of electronic road pricing on real estate prices in Singapore|journal=Journal of Urban Economics|volume=90|pages=50β59|doi=10.1016/j.jue.2015.09.004|issn=0094-1190}}</ref> Research from 2019 provides a set of tools to enable analysis and measurement of the impacts of toll pricing, toll payment, toll collection technology, and other aspects of toll implementation and rate changes on low-income and minority populations.<ref>{{Cite book|last=National Academies of Sciences|first=Engineering|url=https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24991/assessing-the-environmental-justice-effects-of-toll-implementation-or-rate-changes-guidebook-and-toolbox|title=Assessing the Environmental Justice Effects of Toll Implementation or Rate Changes: Guidebook and Toolbox|date=2018-01-12|publisher=The National Academies Press|doi=10.17226/24991|isbn=978-0-309-47070-4|language=en|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221184926/https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24991/assessing-the-environmental-justice-effects-of-toll-implementation-or-rate-changes-guidebook-and-toolbox|url-status=live}}</ref>
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