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Category Archives: Transportation
London’s green streets
(February 19, 2004) One year ago this week, London began to charge private automobiles and commercial vehicles £5 ($12.50) a day if they either entered or left its downtown core between 7 a.m. and 6:30 pm. The reviews of this unprecedented experiment – designed to reduce traffic jams in one of the most heavily congested cities in the world – are now in, and they’re rave. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Cities, Public transit, Regulation, Toll roads, Transportation
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Toll skeptics be damned: London’s rolling
(May 1, 2003) In mid-February, London began charging private vehicles £5 to enter its central core. The outrage that the press and other pundits predicted didn’t occur: The toll has soothed rather than seethed Londoners. The losers from this radical experiment are almost nowhere in sight. The winners can be found all round. Continue reading
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The toll on business
(March 6, 2003) Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman spoke for many when he voiced his fear of tolling city roads, as London, England, so daringly did to eliminate traffic congestion three weeks ago. “Please tell me how much business we’re going to lose in the evenings particularly with people not coming to Toronto to restaurants,” he asked. “If you pay to come into Toronto, and a toll to get out of here, you might as well go to a restaurant in your own neighbourhood.” Continue reading
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The take from tolls
(February 27, 2003) Less than two weeks ago, London, England, proved that cities could easily eliminate traffic congestion. By charging vehicles £5 per day to enter central London between 7:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, the city convinced some 50,000 Londoners to change their schedules, to take public transit, to join a car pool, to work from home, to come by bicycle, to buy a scooter, to take a taxi, to walk part of the way or all of the way, or to otherwise change their behaviour. Continue reading
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Spy in the car will charge drivers for jams
(February 24, 2002) Every motorist in Britain will be monitored by satellite and charged for using busy routes under plans being presented by the government’s transport commissioner this week. Under the proposals cars would be fitted with a global positioning device and drivers billed for sitting in traffic jams. Continue reading
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Urban Renaissance Institute 