Cable Forum - View Single Post - Polluting vehicles could be charged £200 to enter our city centres

tweetiepooh · 02-12-2016, 15:08

London it works well because the public transport system is present and runs "all" hours, covers large areas. It may be creaking but it is there. So charge people to drive in with appropriate exceptions. I always thought the charge should be higher than the public transport alternative. So if an average train and tube cost around £50 that should be the minimum congestion charge. (I know price can vary on distance/time of day, it's an example for distance you would drive in for the day, maybe back at time of introduction.)

Other cities don't have that public transport covering. And it's hard to get it in to the same extent. Why run bus/train when there are no passengers? Why use public transport that doesn't run when you need it, especially true if you don't work "standard" hours?

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,347	Re: Polluting vehicles could be charged £200 to enter our city centres London it works well because the public transport system is present and runs "all" hours, covers large areas. It may be creaking but it is there. So charge people to drive in with appropriate exceptions. I always thought the charge should be higher than the public transport alternative. So if an average train and tube cost around £50 that should be the minimum congestion charge. (I know price can vary on distance/time of day, it's an example for distance you would drive in for the day, maybe back at time of introduction.) Other cities don't have that public transport covering. And it's hard to get it in to the same extent. Why run bus/train when there are no passengers? Why use public transport that doesn't run when you need it, especially true if you don't work "standard" hours? __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.