Dramatic Changes on London Streets in the Congestion Pricing Era
Dramatic Changes on London Streets in the Congestion Pricing Era
May 2, 2012 By Tanya Snyder Read More: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/05/02...n-pricing-era/ Quote:
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What would be interesting to see would be the vacancy rates of the inner city to that ring surrounding it. What I'm suggesting is that the congesting pricing may have only moved the location where new construction is occurring. |
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The reduction in traffic is too wide to be because of the charge, it is more down to better public transport and vehicle travel costs. |
The Congestion Charge assisted in the reduction, but I think it is one of several reasons including:
- The introduction of the Oyster. - An overhaul of the bus network (real-time bus departure boards: http://countdown.tfl.gov.uk). - Significant investment in the tube. - A focus on assisting interchange across multiple transport networks. - The lack (and cost) of car park spaces. - A real absence of petrol stations as sites have been redeveloped. - The gradual realisation that various environments should be geared towards the pedetrian, e.g. Trafalgar Square pedestrianisation, Exhibition Road shared space. In general however cars are ill-suited to Central London due to the absence of any major thoroughfares and the backbone of the city composed of meandering alleys and streets. |
The congestion charge is really over stated.
The fact is that car commuters into central London were already the minority before the congestion charge even went into use. The huge spike in ridership on transit has not really come from the shift of car commuters to transit. |
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But they must all be false because you said so. The congestion charge is overstated, folks, take it to the bank, because mike said so. Even when the "conventional wisdom" is good news, you still feel compelled to disagree. Tell me, is there any conventional wisdom you agree with? Or is the minority opinion always the correct one, no matter the subject? |
If a congestion charge were to have this kind of impact in other cities the transit would have to be up to speed as an alternative.
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What’s the Secret to World-Class Transit Systems? Congestion Pricing
April 30, 2012 By Noah Kazis Read More: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/04/3...stion-pricing/ 2012 RPA Regional Assembly Highlights: http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/04/2...onal-assembly/ Quote:
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The congestion tax here (yeah, it's a tax, we got laws against charging people to use public roads, apparently) might be $112, but ALL of it FOR DECADES to come are committed to pay for a motorway "by-pass" (almost exclusively for suburb-to-suburb traffic). Why so expensive? after environmentalists complained for years, the whole project got new life when the brilliant idea to make it 95% tunnels was launched. Even huger waste of money, but now it won't disturb a couple of parks with endangered frogs in 'em, so the greenies are much quieter.
\end rant. My point is: make sure the money goes to transit, and not to increase the car-dependency of the region! |
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