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Image courtesy of Elsie esq. via flickr
London, already no slouch when it comes to progressive transportation measures, is pushing ahead with a new daily £200 (or about $396) entry charge for gas-guzzling "lorries," buses and coaches that fail to meet EU pollution standards. The Guardian's Matthew Taylor and Dan Milmo report that the new policy will be enforced using cameras to read and check license plates in the city's Low Emission Zone against a database of registered vehicles that are exempt, meet the standards or have paid the charge.
According to Transport for London, the government's public transit agency, the measure will apply to roughly 12,500 out of the city's 120,000 lorries and buses and will mean better air quality for 170,000 residents. Too bad similar measures in the U.S. never catch on.
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Such a great idea... Good on you Ken!
"TfL predicts that around 12,500 vehicles out of the 120,000 lorries and buses that use London roads will be affected."
I'm sure this will have NO effect on the quantity of goods coming into the city, and conversely, the cost of those goods. But hey, it's pretty cheap to live in London, right?