Toronto police have launched a three-month campaign aimed at reducing traffic congestion downtown, but experts say while it's a step forward, the city needs longer-term solutions.

Starting Oct. 20, police will target what they say are the most congestion-causing violations.

These include parking or stopping in prohibited areas, and cars stopping in the middle of an intersection, impeding oncoming traffic or "blocking the box."

Jennifer van der Valk, senior vice-president of the Toronto Regional Board of Trade, said the move is good news.

“If we don’t get things moving during rush hour we’re just going to sustain this economic crisis," she said.

As reported by the CBC in April, traffic congestion costs the Greater Hamilton and Toronto Area over $44 billion a year in economic and social

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