Being considered in Montgomery County, Md., near D.C. An idea that might work - on roads like Harrisburg Pike, maybe:

Congestion pricing is a system under which governments charge motorists to use a roadway during peak hours. The purpose is to reduce traffic by encouraging people to abandon their cars in favor of walking, biking or public transit. The New York legislature recently blocked an attempt to establish congestion pricing in Manhattan. Congestion pricing is being used in San Diego, Orange County, Calif., Lee County, Fla., and in cities abroad such as London and Singapore, according to a 2006 report from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Hanson suggested the time may be coming in Montgomery County to consider new traffic management approaches ‘‘rather than continue to do what we’re doing.”

Other municipalities, see, are also concluding that they’re not going to pave their way out of their traffic issues.

Of course, on a road like Harrisburg Pike you don’t exactly have a spot to put a toll booth. Then again, I like the idea of the users of the roadway being asked to pay the costs; as always, we want to lay all the blame at the feet of the bogeymen; look, Dale High is making things worse, and his shopping center… like a magnet…. just… forcing me… to drive… to it.

But if you drive to and fro on Harrisburg Pike - aren’t you also part of the problem, and isn’t the solution also incumbent upon you?