Should we as a society require car drivers to pay an extra tax to drive into our most congested cities?

I have been to Los Angeles and Atlanta and almost every car has one person in it. Shouldn't these people be required to ride the trains and buses?The air in these cities is so dirty.

As an Urban Planner, I find it interesting people equate congested roads, one person in a SUV, and damaging the environment as a freedom. What did one person say about the question, "you sound like a commie?" People don't want to pay higher taxes, but people you need to understand, you're subsidizing this inefficient, suburb life. When a subdivision is built on an old farm 20 miles out of the city, who pays for the road, sewage, police and fire protection, the new school, school bus routes, trash pickup, etc. etc. etc.???? The tax payer, or should I say the members within the greater US Society! For you people who actually believe the Constitution gives you "absolute freedom," let me clue you in on something..... IT DOESN'T! We still live in a SOCIETY, and believe it or not we have a responsibility to our neighbors. Because of this, there are times when we may have to give something up we like in order to benefit the society at large. When people in Atlanta decide, "I'm going to live 2 hours away from my job, and I don't want more taxes so the hell with mass-transit, and I'm gonna buy a Hummer," why is my responsibility to honor those decisions? I think it's a great idea penalize people for DECIDING to live far out of the city, and drive in alone. Do a little bit of research on how much congestion costs the US. The Department of Transportation has all this information. It costs the taxpayers of this country BILLIONS OF DOLLARS per year! People who say "if we try to reduce traffic, we're going to hurt the poor," are not interested in the poor. They are interested in continuing their own driving habits. If they were interested in the poor, they would want to get rid of the wasted money involved with the current transportation network, and create programs to actually help the poor. That's my rant. I suppose I should join the masses and chant "Keep on drving America!!!"

No i dont think so. Its not just the congested cities drivers that are causing pollution. Every where drivers are doing that so it would be unfair.
No way. It isn't our fault we have to travel to work..heck I can do my job at home but certain laws in place don't let me...
no there is enough taxes already and fuel prices are nuts to so if u want to put more people in the poor house cause u want to be a whinny person about oh they only have one person or that car is idleing to long go screw urself
Why do people want to tax everything? It's just ridiculous.
Instead of taxing people who drive they should build and establish more reliable public transportation systems like New York. I live in Miami and if you don't have a car expect to be late to everything because the buses are unreliable and the tri-rail system is to far off from where i live that i need a car to drive to it so maybe more reliable public transportation will curb peoples urges to buy cars and drive.
I dont know about a tax, but some kind of a toll, maybe paid on a monthly basis.. This should apply only if ther is an alternate route, that will not take drivers too far out of their way
and consuming unnececery amounts of gas.