"Tom Sacold" wrote in message
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The effects of a congestion tax may not be what NuLabour want to hear.

"A national road charge will put more pressure on Britain's already
brittle
public transport infrastructure, Ministers have been warned. With rural
bus
services already under threat, and overcrowding endemic on urban train
lines, public transport would be stretched to breaking point."

LOL

Rural bus services are under threat because no one uses them, and those that
do are probably recieving about £10 subsidy per journey.

A congestion charge would help more marginal public transport systems pay
for themselves, and the business about train overcrowding can be solved by
allowing companies to charge higher fares on the basis that it must be used
to improve the service - which has a 2 fold benefit of an immediate
reduction in demand (due to higher prices) and long term improvement in
capacity.

See:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/polit...086280,00.html