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	Congestion Charge Central London
		Congestion charge is way of ensuring that people who are using valuable and congested road space make a financial contribution.
		Congestion charge encourages the use of other modes of transport and is also intended to ensure that, for those who have to use the roads, journey times are quicker.
		At midnight, images of all the vehicles that have been in the congestion charge zone are checked against the vehicle registration numbers of vehicles that have paid their congestion charge for that day.
	www.georgianhousehotel.co.uk /congestion_charge_central_london.htm (714 words)

	Congestion Charge \| London Congestion Charge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Londoners with polluting cars could face a congestion charge of as much as £20 to drive in the centre of the city, Mayor Ken Livingstone indicated today.
		London was not the first city to adopt congestion charging, but as of 2006 it is the largest city to do so.
		The organisation responsible for administering the charge is Transport for London (TfL).
	www.congestioncharge.cc (964 words)

	UNISON the public service union - News features
		Transport for London (TfL) is the body which manages of all transport in the capital (the Tube will become part of TfL after it is part-privatised).
		Londoners must get ready for the congestion charge which the mayor, Ken Livingstone, is introducing on 17 February.
		Transport for London, the department of the Greater London Authority handling the system, admit to a bill of £200m; newspaper reports say the real figure, when consultancy fees are taken into consideration, could be three times as much, or well over half a billion pounds.
	www.unison.org.uk /features/features/0301congestion.asp (1596 words)

	London congestion charge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The organisation responsible for the charge is Transport for London (TfL).
		It was the first large-scale congestion charge scheme to be introduced in the UK (a much smaller £2 scheme had been running in Durham since 2002).
		The congestion charge was suspended on 7 July and 8 July 2005, in response to the terrorist attacks on London Transport.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/London_congestion_charge (4146 words)

	City Mayors: London's congestion charge
		The London congestion charge was strongly opposed by Conservative members on the London Assembly (London’s municipal council) and 'The Evening Standard', London’s evening newspaper.
		Office-based businesses were largely in favour of congestion charging because it was likely to ease travel to work for their staff.
		Ken Livingstone was born in London in 1945 and educated at Tulse Hill Comprehensive School.
	www.citymayors.com /report/congestion_charge.html (1432 words)

	The London Congestion Charge
		The central London congestion charging scheme was successfully introduced on 17 February 2003.
		The introduction of the charge has led to a 30% reduction in congestion in the charging zone, which covers 22 square kilometres of the inner city.
		The congestion charge is a £5 daily charge for driving or parking a vehicle on public roads within the congestion charging zone between 07:00 and 18:30, Monday to Friday, excluding weekends and public holidays.
	www.britischebotschaft.de /en/news/events/congestion_charge.htm (208 words)

	London's congestion charge two years on - Cyburbia Forums
		Congestion has been cut, buses are quicker and more reliable and the West End continues to do well since the introduction of the congestion charge two years ago.
		London’s West End is doing well, with figures from the Society of London Theatre showing that theatres took their best ever revenue in 2004 and achieved their second best audience numbers since records began in the 1980s.
		London is going to implement a very hefty increase (now eight pounds, to increase to twenty five pounds) in the congestion charge for vehicles with low fuel efficiency.
	www.cyburbia.org /forums/showthread.php?p=219639 (4341 words)

	Mayor of London blog: Congestion Charge Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, it is cash cows like the the London Congestion Charge, which went over budget, at the taxpayers expense, but since the Capita contract had the taxpayer over a barrel, (.pdf) they could not be kicked off the project, and it has significantly contributed to the wealth of Capita and of Rod Aldridge.
		The American, instrumental in the mayor's congestion charge scheme and bus network expansion, stood down after a clash over a member of staff that he wanted removed but whom the mayor wanted to keep.
		Motorists were today trying to disrupt traffic in central London in protest at plans to extend the congestion charge zone.
	www.mayor-of-london.co.uk /blog/congestion_charge (1639 words)

	Congestion Charge - Congestion - London Congestion Charge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most businesses are supportive of congestion charging because of the time lost with employees stuck in traffic.
		Put it this way: if congestion charging means a 15% reduction in traffic, a delivery driver can do the same number of drops in six hours that he used to do in seven.
		He said he was investigating whether the Congestion Charge could be tailored so that cars producing the most climate change would pay more.
	www.congestion.cc (1281 words)

	Roger Lloyd Pack interview on London Congestion Charge
		But then they haven't grasped the nettle of public transport generally, which is that it should be a cheap service to enable and facilitate people to get to work and for the cogs of business to run smoothly.
		It should be cheaper and that's why I think the balance is wrong and the charge is penalising motorists but not offering them a reasonable alternative and that's why I criticised the balance of it.
		London is a small city with small streets - it's not built for this amount of cars.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /home_feat_int_rogerlloydpack.asp (881 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| London \| Road toll leads to diplomatic row
		But London's mayor, Ken Livingstone, says the £8 toll for driving into central London is not a tax but a charge for a service.
		A Transport for London spokesman could not give a figure on how much is owed but said the embassy had 100 registered cars in the fleet scheme - although not all of them are subject to the congestion charge.
		The congestion charge was introduced in February 2003 and has been credited with reducing traffic in the controlled zone by about 30%.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/london/4352520.stm (434 words)

	Home
		There is absolutely no doubt that traffic speeds had declined in London prior to the Congestion Charge’s implementation; London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s answer was to introduce Congestion Charges in a bid to cut the number of vehicles on the roads.
		However, many motorists - and particularly the taxi drivers, who are experts on London traffic as they spend most of their working day driving in it - feel that a major cause had been the alteration of the sequence of most of the sets of traffic lights.
		The theory is that that this had been done deliberately to slow down the traffic to demonstrate that Congestion Charges were required.
	www.londoncongestioncharges.com (692 words)

	London Congestion Charge
		Mayor of London - Congestion Charging - Details of the congestion charge and proposals to extend the current central London congestion charging scheme westwards, to cover most of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
		Londoners express their opinions on the congestion charge being introduced by Ken Livingstone in February 2003
		The London Congestion Charging Scheme - AA - An explanation from the AA about the scheme and how it works.
	www.first4london.com /directory/Transport/Roads/Congestion_Charge (139 words)

	pseudorandom: London's New Congestion Charge
		The Economist offers this description: On February 17th, [London mayor Ken Livingstone] is introducing a and#163;5 ($8)-a-day congestion charge for those driving in eight square miles of central London.
		On February 17th, [London mayor Ken Livingstone] is introducing a £5 ($8)-a-day congestion charge for those driving in eight square miles of central London.
		With their awful commuter trains and creaking underground, Londoners are used to failures in their transport system.
	www.boosman.com /blog/2003/02/londons_new_congestion_charge.html (453 words)

	London congestion charge discount (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The London Congestion Charge came into force on 17th February 2003, and the tariff was increased on the 4th July 2005.
		The PowerShift register is the authoritative source of information for buyers of cleaner vehicles which are eligible for discount from the Transport for London Congestion Charge Scheme.
		Full electric vehicles are not included on the PowerShift register as they are already exempt from the Congestion Charge scheme; owners still need to register their vehicles with Transport for London.
	www.est.org.uk /fleet/funding/lcc (417 words)

	AM - London's congestion charge begins
		LINDA MOTTRAM: Traffic flow in one of the most congested cities on the planet improved dramatically today, as London introduced its long-awaited and hotly debated "congestion charge".
		Congestion charging starts today and we may be very busy.
		With the average car speed in London slower than a horse and carriage centuries ago, it's generally quicker to walk, but today, C day for London's Mayor Red Ken Livingston, I thought I'd give it a try.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s786756.htm (376 words)

	London Congestion Charge - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Well, it's nearly upon us all - the Congestion Charge that is. And, no matter how much you hate/love the idea, it's not going to make a blind bit of difference what you think because it's here, and that's that.
		It is, according to Transport for London (and they should know being the official site), "a way of ensuring that those using valuable and congested road space make a financial contribution.
		Loosely speaking (because it would be damnably difficult for us to describe the congestion charge zone exactly without the aid of a map) the area you'll have to pay to drive in stretches from Hyde Park Corner in the West to Tower Bridge in the east.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /home_feat_congestioncharge.asp (564 words)

	Friends of the Earth: Campaigns: Transport: News: London congestion charge
		For a decade or more it has been obvious that London needs some kind of traffic restraint if the city is not eventually to reach a state of permanent gridlock.
		Friends of the Earth believes that congestion charging is a part of the solution.
		In a recent edition of the BBC TV programme, Question Time, motoring enthusiast Jeremy Clarkson suggested that for the congestion charge to be effective - the Mayor should raise it to much more than £5.
	www.foe.co.uk /campaigns/transport/news/congestion_charging (333 words)

	London Congestion Charge
		London Congestion Charging — is a KR200 exempt?
		I objected to this fine on the basis that a Messerschmitt was a motorcycle and was, therefore, exempt from the charge.
		However, she came to the conclusion that a KR200 is a ‘motortricycle’ rather than a ‘motorbicycle’ and is, therefore, not exempt from the charge.
	www.3wheelers.com /congestion.html (1303 words)

	ABD - London Congestion Charge
		Our old friend John was keeping a low profile on the congestion charge, doubtless hoping everyone would forget that he was Transport Minister in 1998 when the government welcomed EU proposals in its "Breaking the Logjam" report.
		After the concept of congestion charging was widely condemned, Prescott decided not to risk wrecking his political career over it.
		Their woefully inadequate page about the charge, we think they are working on the basis that the less they tell you, the less you'll have to use against them.
	www.abd.org.uk /london_congestion_charge.htm (2515 words)

	The London Congestion Charge: Cautions
		Singapore applies a similar charge, but the area covers less than one fifth of that of London's, with one fifth of the employment, and with far fewer entry points.
		Central London is unique in having added 200,000 jobs over the past decade, an increase which almost equals the total employment inside the Singapore charging zone.
		London is a world city in a world that needs them less every day.
	www.publicpurpose.com /pp59-loncong.htm (782 words)

	London Congestion Charge
		But in the weeks just before the ''congestion charge'' began, it sometimes seemed that he was the only one who believed it would work.
		In a way, of course, it all makes complete sense: the congestion charge is classic Robin Hood socialism, taking from the comfortable Londoner commuting by Bentley and giving to the commoner hanging from the strap of a packed double-decker bus.
		He advocates charging trucks $50 for using Manhattan as a pass-through and, were it technically possible, $25 a minute for people who want to cruise Fifth Avenue during the height of the holiday season.
	www.sonomatlc.org /Transportation/LondonCC.htm (2532 words)

	National Alliance Against Tolls - London Congestion Charge
		The NAAT became interested in the London charge because of the scheme to introduce a similar charge in Edinburgh.
		London zone (before the western extension) is only 1.4% of the total London area, (zone is 22 square kilometres, London is 1,579 square kilometres).
		With the current charge there are about 100,000 vehicles a day that pay to drive within the London Zone together with a considerable number that are exempt or partly exempt from the charge.
	www.notolls.org.uk /london.htm (1159 words)

	National Alliance Against Tolls - London Congestion Charge News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The centre of London was hit during the morning rush hour by explosions on part of the Underground and at least one bus.
		Londoners did get to select who their dictator would be and they twice went for cuddly Ken. The only way to stop him now is to reveal the myths of the "success" of the London Tolls.
		The London congestion charging scheme as at the end of December 2004 had issued around 2.5 million penalty charge notices and over 300 thousand warrants to bailiffs for recovery of outstanding debts.
	www.notolls.org.uk /londonnews.htm (9458 words)

	Mayor of London - Congestion Charging
		Transport for London's cclondon website provides full details about the existing congestion charging scheme, including information on payments, penalties and exemptions.
		The value of the congestion charge is eroded over time by inflation and incomes growth.
		This is in response to requests to make the charge easier to pay and should lead to fewer penalty charges being incurred by drivers who have inadvertently forgotten to pay the charge, since it will increase the proportion of drivers using this method of payment.
	www.london.gov.uk /mayor/congest/index.jsp (779 words)

	London Congestion Charge
		The 'boundary' of the zone is formed by the Inner Ring Road, on which there will be no charge to drive.
		In certain cases, we reserve the right to settle the non-payment fine on your behalf, to which a £10 administration charge will be added and the relevant amount deducted from your credit/debit card.
		This will actually save customers a substantial amount of money as, if we follow the standard route in all cases, the Enforcement Notice will have doubled the fine by the time it reaches the customer who is liable for the infringement.
	www.peter-waugh.co.uk /congestioncharge.htm (286 words)

	BBC - London - Travel - Congestion
		Find out all you need to know with our congestion charge guide.
		Find out what congestion charging has done for London.
		Are you in the congestion charge zone, or are you entitled to a border resident's discount?
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/travel/congestion/index.shtml (163 words)

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