Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Private Car problem not solved in Central London (BanPrivateCarsinLondon) • London’s Railways – Planning for Peace (ALondonInheritance) • 24 hour UK rail people (RailTechnology) • Fighting …
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London’s Congestion Charge Needs Updating (CityLab)
After 15 years of existence, London’s method of congestion charging is dated. It needs to be bigger, longer, and greedier. By Reconnections’ Nicole Badstuber London’s congestion charge turned 15 in February and it is showing …
Continue readingCongestion charge: one of London’s great successes (The Conversation)
It has been 15 years since London’s congestion charge was introduced by the city’s first mayor, Ken Livingstone. Livingstone hoped the charge would reduce congestion, radically improve bus services, make journey times more consistent for …
Continue readingThe price of jams, & making them pay (Economist)
How and why road-pricing will happen – As ride-sharing and electric cars take off, governments are seeking new ways to make drivers pay. In 1868 the world’s first traffic light was installed outside the Houses …
Continue readingLondon congestion charge extension to be more restrictive & costly (Technology & Engineering)
“London’s congestion charge is set to be extended under new plans from Mayor Sadiq Khan, who wants to charge the most heavily polluting cars and vans a daily fee of £12.50 to enter the city …
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