Congestion Charging

[AtW]

trains

> If congestions charging comes in, think how much more
> houses that are close to decent rail networks will be?

Trains have very limited capacity -- they use high price to cut people off from travelling. Trains won't be a solution, driving off peak might be -- aka flexible working hours.

[IR35 Avoider]

Re: trains

if it aint fecking congested then dont charge

I entirely agree. The charge should only be where (and when) there is congestion, and only just high enough to reduce congestion to target level.

Fuel tax should remain to charge cars for environmental impact of burning fuel, and it is this that should discriminate between vehicle types. (Some people are suggesting congestion charge should vary by vehicle type - this is wrong - they all take up roughly the same amount of space. Fuel tax does a much better job of targeting gas-guzzlers then some list maintained by a bureaucrat will ever do.)