[Gllug] [OT] Technobabble

Doug Winter doug at pigeonhold.com
Tue Nov 22 20:36:43 UTC 2005


Chris Hunter wrote:
> If you're talking about London, it's been an unmitigated disaster.  It 
> hasn't significantly reduced the traffic in the centre of the city, and 
> it has lost money since it started.

They clearly need to increase the charge - a fiver a day is too little.

> It's based on a fundamentally flawed premise, and has just increased the 
> costs of companies within the zone.  It is leading to the closure or 
> removal of several well-known companies, and is reducing retail trade 
> drastically.

ditto.

> You won't ever get the true figures from the Mayor's office or from TfL 
> (they all want to keep their jobs), but if any future Mayoral Candidate 
> reveals the /real/ figures, Livingstone will end up in gaol!

Don't forget your tinfoil hat.

doug.


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