TOEFL Integrated Writing (Urban Planning) The lecture and the passage both discuss congestion pricing a policy that charges people for driving busy times of the pay to solve the air pollution issue and the traffic congestion. While the passage says that congestion pricing is an effective way, the lecture takes the opposite position. The passage says that congestion pricing urges people not to drive their cars and to use public transportation. According the passage, this leads to the reduction of air pollution. The lecturer argues against this opinion saying that public transportation is not extensive, so all the people cannot use buses and trains. Next, according to the passage, it makes faster commuting times, because drivers will decrease during peak time. The lecturer, however, points out that if this system is brought in, many people use public transportation. Hence, it is possible that buses and trains will be too crowded to be able to arrive at the destination in time. Lastly, the author of passage believes that the congestion pricing is fair and beneficial to everybody, because people who pollute the air is punished. The lecturer, on the other hand, insists that since there are people who cannot afford to live near public transportation lines and they cannot help driving their cars, congestion pricing is not always equitable. There are many issues surrounding congestion pricing. The passage and the lecture both refer to some of the issues.