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London has something similar, the congestion charge. Has helped somewhat, and def makes regular driving in central London a 'you did what?' thing. It's lifted o
by lclarkmichalek 9y ago
London has something similar, the congestion charge. Has helped somewhat, and def makes regular driving in central London a 'you did what?' thing. It's lifted on the weekend, which is nice if you want to pop to IKEA or whatever.
I think they're planning on pushing something similar all the way out to the north circular, and maybe the M25 for heavily polluting traffic.
- iraklism 9y agoWorth noting that the CC in London operates for 15 years now. I’m sure there is a wealth of data that can be analysed, and I’m even more sure that there are a number of studies and papers that have explored its usefulness and positive/negative impact on traffic/economy/environment/public transportation.
- Symbiote 9y agoThe limit for polluting traffic has been in place for a few years, it's called the Low Emission Zone. Only some larger vehicles are affected, and the fee is either £100 or £200 — I assume the idea is that you can move your rarely-used special construction equipment, but for pretty much everything else one should either upgrade or replace the vehicle: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/low-emission-zone But the additional charge for the worst diesel cars is new: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/emissions-surcharge https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/emissions-surcharge
- Yhippa 9y agoThis is what I first heard of when I saw this article. Question: is your charge dynamic based on actual traffic or is it statically priced?
- blibble 9y agoproblem is now levels are back up to what they were before the charge happened