The Local

A historic airfield in Berlin will be transformed over the next year into the city's largest park.

The capital's congestion charge scheme is being reintroduced with a proposal to appease drivers by using the proceeds for highway improvements.

The toll cordon around central Stockholm has reduced weekday motor vehicle traffic. Will voters support its continued operation in an advisory referendum vote in September 2006?

Stockholm's traffic congestion tax began in Jan. 2006 and appeared to be unpopular. According to a poll commissioned by the Greens and conducted in May 2006, the tax is more accepted now. A popular vote on the tax will decide its fate in Sept. 2006.