| Comment | Thing is the Glasgow LEZ isn't a piggy bank at all. Sure there are fines if you break it, but the idea is to deter people from entering with non-compliant vehicles, not asking them to pay for the privilege. It's not like a congestion charge zone where the council expects to get a steady income stream.
Birmingham instated something like this recently, which they called a Clean Air Zone. Arguably it might've been a better thing to do, as drivers can enter the city but pay through the nose for doing so if their car is a high polluter. Funds raised are directly channelled into active travel and public transport projects in Birmingham.
Now, that model *could* be described (cynically) as a piggy bank. But it would also be quite a useful piggy bank to have. |
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