CONGESTION CHARGE * UK - After five years, traffic has been reduced by 21 per cent
Londoners may moan – but the world wants to copy it
London,UK -The Independent, by Ian Griggs -17 February 2008: -- The most controversial transport policy in modern times reached its fifth anniversary today with its architects claiming that the congestion charge has helped London become the only major city in the world to see a real shift away from private cars to public transport, cycling and walking... Data from the Department for Transport suggests that during the first year of the charge, traffic was steadily reduced in central London, after which it began to creep back up, although it is still below 2000 levels. Before congestion charging began, on 17 February 2003, 334,000 vehicles entered the area each day. Transport for London said traffic was now down by 21 per cent, with 70,000 fewer vehicles a day coming into the city centre. In the western extension of the congestion charge zone, which came into effect on 19 February last year, traffic is down by up to 15 per cent on 2006 levels... Oslo and Trondheim in Norway may have been the first places to introduce a congestion charge, but it is London's scheme that has captured imaginations worldwide... (Video from YouTube, by france24english -October 24, 2007: "FRANCE24-EN-Report-London fights against pollution" - London fights against pollutionTraveling by car in London's centre is becoming very expensive. Every driver has to pay the "congestion charge", 8 £ a day. Next year, it will worsen for gas-guzzlers who will have to pay 25 £ a day. The only way to escape from the tax is to drive "clean".www.france24.com)
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