Manchester congestion charge

[citydreams]

dp

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

who's that aimed at?

it's a general comment... nothing more...

 

[citydreams]

for a moment I thought you were trying to hold local government officers accountable!

 

[ELO]

IWhat is needed is a relaible and efficient transport system to induce people out of their cars.

Trouble is the majority of car journeys couldn't be switched to public transport that easily. Hence the need to reduce the *need* to travel.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

for a moment I thought you were trying to hold local government officers accountable!

hell no why the flying fuck should i be the first to do that...

 

[ELO]

I
If there is a possibility of raising revenue then your council would be acting irresponsibly not to investigate the idea.

Hi again CD.

If I was being picky, I could say you haven't really answered my point 1) above

"1) Can I be permitted a computing analogy? In the early days the computer companies were looking for a 'killer application, something so good people would buy a computer just to run it. It turned out to be spreadsheets. (exciting aren't they )

Now London has several 'killer apps" People will always make the effort to get to central London, because it has several things you don't find elsewhere in Britain, even the world. I'm talking about Oxford Street, the City, the Legal quarter etc etc etc. A city law firm won't give up it's prestigous W1 address to move to an industrial estate near Slough, nor will shoppers swap Regent Street chic for the Tesco extra at Beckton, nor will doctors want to lose the prestige that goes with a Harley Street surgery. People will either cough up or switch to public transport.

Other cities just aren't like that. They *need* to attract people in. I happen to like my city centre, but I could buy everthing I can there in Asda, Currys and Homebase if needs be. Too much employment is already based around the outer ring road and beyond, in public transport UNfriendly locations. How will congestion charging help to reverse this trend, please????"

Ironically I think CC in smaller cities will make us more, not less dependant on cars.