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Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone £10/day from June 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="gvee" data-source="post: 628779" data-attributes="member: 14750"><p>I don't disagree with either of you, but I feel that this solution is a little bit like spreadsheet accounting: it changes one number sufficiently enough, to solve the "numbers game" but causes untoward difficulties elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>The cost of buses (in my city at least) is overly prohibitive. Don't even get me started on the service quality, either.</p><p></p><p>Pushing people away from driving is amiable, but for some folks that's the only economically viable option.</p><p></p><p>As for trains... explain to me how it is cheaper for me to fly myself and a colleague to Barcelona, hire a meeting room, and have a slap up meal, than for the two of us to get to London and back?</p><p></p><p><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p><p></p><p>I'm all for additional taxation on cars to improve air quality.</p><p>But there's a reason people still choose to drive (myself included) instead of public transport.</p><p>Sort _that_ out and I think the effect will be even more wonderful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gvee, post: 628779, member: 14750"] I don't disagree with either of you, but I feel that this solution is a little bit like spreadsheet accounting: it changes one number sufficiently enough, to solve the "numbers game" but causes untoward difficulties elsewhere. The cost of buses (in my city at least) is overly prohibitive. Don't even get me started on the service quality, either. Pushing people away from driving is amiable, but for some folks that's the only economically viable option. As for trains... explain to me how it is cheaper for me to fly myself and a colleague to Barcelona, hire a meeting room, and have a slap up meal, than for the two of us to get to London and back? 🤷♂️ I'm all for additional taxation on cars to improve air quality. But there's a reason people still choose to drive (myself included) instead of public transport. Sort _that_ out and I think the effect will be even more wonderful. [/QUOTE]
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