Will Congestion Charging in London Work?

The main aim of congestion charging is to reduce traffic in central London thus reducing congestion. Predictions suggest traffic in the charging zone will be reduced by around 15%, reducing queues by up to 25%. Currently over 130,000 vehicles travel into the planned congestion charging zone per day. This would be cut by 20,000 people transferring from their cars to public transport - 5,000 to the tube and rail and 15,000 to buses. All of these people will be accommodated with the planned introduction of 200 new buses and improvements to existing routes. …