Gautam wrote:After all, with a mayor leaning so far left that his head and butt are in different timezones, it is almost communism in London (another brainwave from our esteemed mayor which I read on the plane - he plans to "tame" the car owners in London by upping the congestion charge to 8 quid, and widening sidewalks and narrowing the roads <SHOCK>)
German cities are talking about adopting a congestion toll as well, actually ...
The exhaust fumes pumped out there (here too, probably, but we're not talking about it yet) are way transgressing the EU public health limits, so probably - unless the governments strike a deal with each other to 'forget' about those limits again - its either paying big fines or getting down to actually curb traffic. And "Red Kens" congestion tax has apparently led to a decrease in car traffic of a scope unparallelled enough to be eyed with envy by cities on the continent ...
Of course, in London its mopping water with the tap running when it comes to congestion. But if traffic volume hadnt been brought down at least by the measure congestion tax achieved, things woulda been worse still ...
Thanks