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Old November 26th 03, 07:51 PM posted to uk.politics.misc,uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Default The effects of a road congestion tax

Robin May wrote:
"Ian Smith" wrote the following
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I'd venture that the USA, the richest country in the world, got
there by promoting economic growth through cheap transportation of
goods and people; not by strangling free trade with punitive
taxation.


And in America cheap transportation seems to mean everyone has a car
from virtually the age of 16 and petrol is so cheap that people won't
walk 5 minutes down the road to their friend's house. It's cheap
transportation achieved as a result of a 'sod the environment'
mentality.


....and the problem here is?


 
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