Summary of an article

Instructions:

The following assignment is individual activity. It is a take-home assessment.

Answer the questions below for full credit. Erase the questions from the original document and answer in an essay format.

Required materials:

The Day the Traffic Disappeared

The New York Magazine (April 20, 2003)

Type of evaluation:

individual activity – take-home assessment

Your task is to write a summary of the article as follow:

In line with the last lecture on externalities, analyze first the impact of the policy applied in London on traffic congestion. Then draw a parallel with the situation in New York City. What is preventing the American city from applying the same policy?

Were you a policy maker, what could be the recipe for success in fighting traffic congestion in a crowded city?