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Old August 29th 05, 07:50 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Gas (petrol) prices, and public transport.

In message , at 16:09:36 on Sun, 28 Aug
2005, David Spiro remarked:
Just saw a news piece last night here in the states on the impact of rising
gas prices over in London. While they touched on many things, the two things
that stuck out for me were the increase in fuel efficient car usage,


Fuel efficiency is an important characteristic when choosing a car, but
this isn't a new thing. Cars are, on average, much smaller and more
efficient than those in the USA. Thinking of some common models, the
Mercedes "E" series is regarded here as a very big car, and a BMW X5 or
Range Rover is about the largest vehicle anyone would ever buy.

Despite the current high price of gas, it has not risen as fast as
inflation.

and the increase in public transport use. Are you folks who use the
system daily there noticing any true increase in passengers, and has
the congestion charge had any real effect on public transport use as
well?


Within the congestion zone itself, perhaps; but not outside it.
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Roland Perry