| Comment | I replied to you or someone else in another thread making a similar point the other day.
I don't see how you can call it a piggy bank?
There are schemes in other cities, like in Birmingham for example, where it works like a typical congestion charge where people have to pay a fee to enter the city in high polluting vehicles.
Birmingham is already getting a steady income stream from this, significant over and above what was projected. Income from this is then directed towards active travel and public transport projects.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/clean-air-zone-expected-make-25990189
Call that a piggy bank, but it's a nice piggy bank to have isn't it?
Our system is different. It's built around *deterring* vehicles from entering at all if they're non-compliant. Logically, if it's successful, the council won't have a steady income stream from it. |
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