Gas guzzlers to pay £25 per day London congestion charge
Filed under: Autos, Environment | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, UK is again revising the London congestion charge that drivers have to pay to enter central London. At the moment drivers have to pay £8 per day, but Livingstone wants to introduce a sliding scale which would be based on the carbon dioxide emissions of each vehicle, much like the road fund license.
Vehicles that are in let’s say band G will have to pay £25 per day; these are vehicles that produce over 225g/km of CO2. Vehicles like the ForTwo diesel will be free of charge. Some would say that this is an unreasonable way of charging.
Do you think the congestion charge should go by CO2 levels, or should they charge less for how many people are in the vehicle?
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Oh, Ken… Talk about a blunt instrument! The number of people in a vehicle has to be the most important factor when working out the effect of emissions, not to mention its whole-life carbon footprint, duration and average speed of trip, age of vehicle, how it’s driven, state of the individual engine etc. It’s not as if public transport is a cheap option in London any more, unless you’re a regular traveller with an Oyster or annual pass - if Ken was serious about emissions he would cut bus and tube prices and make traffic flows as efficient as possible to minimise stop-start driving. But I woud imagine it’s all about soaking those he affects to despise: businesses and car-owners. I would assume the mayoral limo doesn’t have to pay…