Transport for London releases its third annual report on Central London's congestion charging program.
The report indicates that the program's benefits (congestion reductions, transit service improvements, reduced traffic accidents and improved air quality) continue, and provides more detailed analysis of the program's revenues, operating costs, and impacts on business activity.
This Third Annual Monitoring Report supersedes, updates and extends the material published since the First Annual Monitoring Report. It provides a full consideration of developments during 2004, alongside comparisons with the first year after charging (2003), and conditions before the introduction of the scheme in 2002.
Among the findings:
[Editor's note: The link below is to a 2MB, 162-page PDF document.]
Thanks to Todd Litman
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