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Originally Posted by PaulS
Same thing London did and everyone says its a success with increased usuage of mass transit, much less traffic and pollution. The delivery trucks are even happy cause they can get in and out quicker and make more stops.
Can't remember if this was congestion pricing where the price changes based on what time it is. If not, what is the difference between this and a charging a toll on a bridge.
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The congestion charge is from 7am and runs until 6pm. I think the jury is still out on its effects. The actual number of cars has been shown to be less but the actual congestion as measured from getting from point A to B has increased by 15%. From a pollution point of view the measurements show less in the central part of the city but it has sky rocketed on the areas that border the charging zone.
The system is run by a private firm and 40% of the charges collected go to the administration of the system. They are trying to expand the zone even further. Like the TBA in NY once you get that revenue stream they can only think of ways to expand it.
What they need to do is come up with improvements to mass transit so that you would be encouraged not to drive (petrol is now a shade under $10 a gallon). Instead in the 10 years the decline of the tube system has been really obvious. Still 20 times better than NY but it is on a fast decline.
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