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Londoners could pay $50 a
day to drive in city
Gregory White
NBC News
Monday, April 7, 2008
LONDON - As New York commuters brace for possible
charges for driving into the midtown area, they can at least be
thankful they don't live in London, where Mayor Ken Livingstone
has staked his re-election hopes on boosting the "congestion
tax" to as much as $50 a day.
The New York State Legislature still needs to approve Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's pricing plan this month or the city stands to lose
$354 million in funding to help kick-start the project.
The proposal involves raising tolls for entering New York via
tunnels and bridges as well as charging drivers an $8 fee to drive
in the area below 60th Street between during daytime hours on
weekdays.
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Livingstone, locked in a bruising contest with conservative candidate
Boris Johnson, has proposed levying a £25 (about $50) charge
on vehicles deemed to be causing the worst pollution, including
four-wheel drives such as “Chelsea Tractors,” Land
Rovers dubbed as such because of their predominance in London’s
ritzy southwestern borough.
The tax would replace the current £8 (around $16) congestion
charge, implemented in February 2003 and aimed at combating pollution
and overcrowding in central London’s traffic-choked streets.
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