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#CongestionCharging

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“Other US cities can use the New York experience as a road map for their own congestion charging plans, with Boston and Washington, DC, as possible candidates” 🍃

#congestioncharging #urbanmobility #decarbonization 💚 #NYC

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Yes, this is the argument for both #CongestionCharging and #ChildSafeNeighbourhoods. But both require political leadership that seems to be lacking.

Making it easier to bring in #CongestionCharging would also help (as an aside, having been at a meeting in London this week, given the numbers of private cars in Zone 1, theirs isn’t high enough)

#CongestionCharging works.

Traffic jams are caused by traffic, hence the name. Reduce the traffic and the roads work much better. Well done Oxford!

Cambridge, your move.

(I do know that Cambridge came within a whisker of introducing a congestion charge but it failed for petty unrelated political reasons)
#CongestionCharging

And also it’s really poor that central government is interfering here - it’s completely appropriate that local government should be have the powers to bring in #CongestionCharging or #CleanAirZones as they see fit.

Think on this please, @nicholasreece.bsky.social , Mayor of Melbourne. #Melbourne #TooManyCars #TooMuchTraffic #CongestionCharging #BanMonsterTrucks #Melbourne

The speakers, Transport and Environment Convener Cllr Stephen Jenkinson, and the Council’s Head of Transport Strategy and Partnerships, Deborah Paton [formerly at Glasgow City Council], gave a joint presentation, with Cllr Jenkinson concentrating on policy and turning to Deborah to explain how this worked out in practice.

With around 100 people, this was one of our biggest meetings ever, showing the growing demand for improved cycling facilities and reduced car dominance. It was especially pleasing to see three other politicians take time from their busy lives to join the audience – Sarah Boyack MSP [Labour, Spokes member], Cllr Chas Booth [Green, Leith, Spokes member] and Cllr Ross McKenzie [Independent, Sighthill/Gorgie]. A full video of the meeting will be available soon.

Road user charging / Congestion charging Q: Cllr Jenkinson had confirmed in his presentation that Edinburgh was sticking to its target for car-km reduction, even though Scot Govt had said their own traffic-reduction commitment is ‘undeliverable.’ However, research commissioned (then sidelined) by Scot Govt had shown that substantial traffic reduction is achievable, but only by introducing one of several forms of road user charging. So, would Edinburgh implement charging? AECOM report – Executive Summary final para A: Cllr J said that demand management is essential; and that charging is in the Mobility Plan as an option and must be considered seriously. However, more was needed from the Scottish Government before the Council could take charging further. Answering a follow-up, Cllr J said he would be pressing the Government on this. Cllr J also believed that charging would be more effective if it covered an area wider than just Edinburgh.

Spokes note: In terms of safety, whilst fears about safety are often expressed in advance of bike hire schemes, the data, to the extent it exists, suggests that bike hire users are significantly safer than people using their own bikes. Possible reasons are: bike hire tends to be used on roads with low traffic speeds; bike-hire cyclists may travel more slowly than the average; motorists may assume hire bike users are less competent, so give them more space; bike share is often introduced at the same time as improved facilities, and may encourage Councils to do more. An overview of available evidence (now a little dated), by the International Transport Forum is here, and includes the graph below.

#SpokesMtg report with @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/05/its-...

includes..
#CongestionCharging
#Tram / #RoseburnPath
#TrafficFilters / #BraidEstate
#BikeShare / #BikeHire
#WomensSafety
#TourDeFrance
#BusLane enforcement
#Delays
#GeorgeStreet
#ActiveTravel cash
& more ...

That should be #congestioncharging of course

Brisbane traffic congestion ranked 10th worst in world but experts question ‘black box’ analysis Academics say traffic scorecard uses ‘rogue metric’ which may make Brisbane’s congestion appear as bad as Los Angeles and Jakarta

There is absolutely no doubt that #Brisbane and major urban areas like the #GoldCoast, need to implement #congestionCharging.
Unfortunately, I can’t see any of our governments having the intestinal fortitude to actually implement such a system, soon !!

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

(Now, the need to make short urban car journeys less convenient for health, wellbeing and environmental reasons, whether that’s by #CongestionCharging, #ActiveNeighbourhoods, #BusGates or whatever - *that* is a different conversation]

Same governor who has kicked #CongestionCharging into the long grass. @brooklynspoke.bsky.social?

..."The principle of subsidy means that you get more people on the buses, the buses go faster, there's less traffic, it's a win-win all around."
#CongestionCharging for #Bristol? Seems Corbyn is in favour! @mthrel

Corbyn points out how #CongestionCharging would improve the transport situation in Bristol as it has in London

I hope @MarvinJRees has now come to the same conclusion and will implement the traffic reduction measures we are desperate for!...

On #SundayPolitics, Transport cabinet member for Bristol @mthrel points out that central government funding needs to change in order to maintain bus services.
By all means, but let's not forget money can be raised by #CongestionCharging and other disincentives to tackle car use.