A London city planner says the U.K. capital’s mobility pricing program could be an effective strategy to combat Vancouver’s congestion woes.
Mobility pricing refers to any fees or service charges or tolls associated with transportation costs, such as fuel taxes, transit fares, bridge and road tolls, and road usage charges.
An independent commission is currently studying how mobility pricing can address congestion in Metro Vancouver.
London introduced a congestion charging scheme in 2003. Drivers entering a zone in the central area of the London Metropolitan Region between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. during the week are charged £11.50 ($20) daily.
Ben Plowden, director of
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