Spotting a significant difference between the key proposals for transport by the three main UK political parties is, as far as I can see, close to a needle in haystack hunt. But there is one difference above all that could be a key factor in ending the ‘I agree with Nick’ craze that kicked off [...]
Congestion Charging aka Road Pricing was the golden key to solving UK transport problems until last week. It would cut traffic congestion and be a rich new source of funding for public transport and schemes to encourage cycling and walking. And, it was also an essential tool in a box of measures to save the [...]
UK Government backed plans for the biggest Congestion Charging scheme in the world were rejected by the biggest percentage of ‘No’ votes ever registered against a Road Pricing proposal in Britain. Leon Mannings of TC.com suggests though that the results reveal two critical issues that require urgent and sharply focused consideration. The political impact of [...]
A new ‘Stop the Charge’ battalion of cross-party MPs, Councillors and businesses has joined the escalating fight in Manchester over plans to introduce an 80 sq ml Congestion Charge zone which, if it goes ahead, would be the biggest urban Road Pricing scheme in the world. The new coalition was announced today after last-minute changes [...]
Or, as TC wonders, is it to save her Bolton seat in the face of public anger about a Congestion Charging plan for Manchester – and support for rejection that is far more extensive across the region than mainstream news reports? The ludicrously timed announcement that T-Minister Ruth Kelly quits cabinet post – like at [...]