United Kingdom – London Mayor tells Bloomberg Ignore The Critics On Congestion Plan.

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    United Kingdom – London mayor Ken Livingstone has backed New York’s plan to adopt a traffic-fighting vehicle fee, urging mayor Michael Bloomberg to ignore critics and any drop in approval ratings.

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    He spoke from his own experience of introducing a so-called congestion charge in central London in 2003 and said private traffic had dropped nearly 40 percent, cyclists had nearly doubled and bus passengers had increased 50 percent.

    Livingstone told a news conference at climate change summit C40: “There may be one or two people who will predict doom and gloom – ignore them ‘There may be one or two people who will predict doom and gloom – ignore them’.
    “There was this drip, drip, drip of negativity and it took a toll on my poll ratings,” he said. “But within a week of the congestion charge starting, my rating had gone up 12 percent.” [Motoring]


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    anti-crime
    anti-crime
    16 years ago

    Is this london guy trying to rule NYC now????