Congestion Charging....Did it work then?

[madasahatter]

Not wishing to stir things up, but as a person who lives out in the sticks my perception of the Congestion Charging is....

a. People are moaning about how bad congestion is in London after the timing on the traffic lights was changed.

b. The charging was introduced, and nobody was happy to pay to go to work/move about the City in which they live

c. The traffic lights were reset (we think)

d. Nobody said anything.

Did it work? Does traffic move better than ever in London, since the traffic has reduced? Or is it still st, but not worth talking about anymore?

[plotloss]

Journey times up 32% on the capitols 10 major arterial routes...

So we can safely say it failed...

Matt.

[craigw]

yep, I travel 7 miles in every day, My office where I park is about 30feet inside the zone so I have to pay boo hoo.

Initially the traffic was better, knocked about 10 mins off a 40 minute journey, now is exactly the same as it used to be, oh, except I'm £100 worse off every month.

[madasahatter]

Not good then.

Did anyone ever prove that the light timings were altered?

[GrahamG]

plotloss said: Journey times up 32% on the capitols 10 major arterial routes...

So we can safely say it failed...

Matt.

Compared to what?

[Alan420]

It's objective of reducing journey times in London.