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Re: traffic control

On 6/5/05, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Following the marked success of the computerised congestion charge in London, the UK government has trailed a pilot project for taxing care road usage by the mile, at differential rates according time of day and location. England is good country to test drive this....   This might replace the petrol tax. <

> 
> the petrol tax is needed to actively discourage the use of oil! it's
> not just an indirect congestion tax.
> --
> Jim Devine

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Think positively; it's an *incentive* to walk, bike, skateboard etc.
around cities......:-)



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