Autoesque: Congestion Charge change

The levy reduces to £9 per day if the vehicle has been registered under the new Congestion Charging Auto Pay scheme. As well as the slightly reduced cost, the other benefit is that drivers no longer need to worry about forgetting to pay, as the number of charging days a vehicle travels within the Congestion Charge area is totted up and the total amount owed is then taken automatically from a debit or credit card each month. Drivers can pre-register with Auto Pay from 22nd November 2010, but the slight drawback is that there’s an annual registration fee of £10 - and that’s per vehicle, [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-23 18:38:00

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KenBuster: Auto Congestion Charge payment nonsense | Crave | CNET UK

Meet the KenBuster -- a wireless payment system that automatically pays the congestion charge whenever you enter London's CC zone in your car. Take that, Ken! Hang on a minute. How exactly is this thing 'busting' London's controversial mayor Ken Livingstone by automatically lining his pockets? We hope nobody invents a 'CraveBuster' that automatically gives us £8 every time someone strayed on to our site. That would really show us. The idea is good in principle, but where it falls down is the price. You pay a ridiculous £199 for infinite usage, or a £49.99 one-off charge then £8 per [suite...]

Date: 2007-11-21 10:58:02

TfL admits problems with fleet congestion charge payment system ...

After a spate of overcharging and wrongly issued fines since IBM took over the system in November, TfL has finally recognised the problem, but insists it has now been fixed. Transport for London (TfL) has admitted it is aware of “some problems” with the payment system used by fleets to pay London's congestion charge. The IBM-managed system enables fleets, vehicle rental suppliers and other companies whose vehicles regularly enter the congestion zone to receive a £1 discount on the normal £8 congestion charge if they register their vehicles online. The system is then supposed to [suite...]

Date: 2010-06-15 13:51:51

Change to London Congestion Charge

A new method of payment, Congestion Charging Auto Pay. will also be introduced. This detects how many days per month a registered vehicle has driven in the Congestion Charge Zone, and then automatically deducts a monthly payment from a specified bank account. As is the case under the current scheme, registered residents that live within the Charging zone will continue to receive a 90% discount. There will be no charge at all between December 25th and January 3rd inclusively. To respond to on-going technological developments, the new scheme will be monitored and the GVD discount criteria [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-21 15:32:31

My Congestion Charge Surprise Ticket! - MBClub UK Forums

Car: 2002 S210 320CDI Estate Sliver, Sprinter 313CDI LWB Cryptronic Gearbox! Omega 3.0 Elite Estate Hi everyone, In February my job took me to Strand, London. It was an eventful day (too longwinded to post here) and I recall entering the congestion charge zone. Oops I thought.. I never heared from the authorities and assumed, because of this, (although I'm not sure of the congestion charge rules) that I was in the zone at a time when no charge would be levied. However, I recently recieved an "Order of recovery of unpaid penalty charge" requesting payment of £185.00! I gather the fee for [suite...]

Date: 2010-09-06 15:44:23

UK: London Mayor Backtracks on Congestion Tax | The Truth About Cars

London, England Mayor Boris Johnson is retreating from his campaign pledge to end the city’s “punishment of motorists.” Johnson’s predecessor, Ken Livingstone, lost his re-election in large measure because Johnson pledged to scale back the £8 (US $13) fee imposed on motorists entering the downtown area. Johnson announced Friday that he will boost the tax to £10 (US $16.40) to shore up Transport for London’s mass transit budget. “The proposed increase in the charge will ensure that the system remains effective in controlling traffic levels in central London, and the revenue [suite...]

Date: 2009-10-20 07:00:00

Depression On Marketing | Social Marketing Tips

London congestion charge payments Severn Bridge crossings DOWN 3.1%. DOWN 9.8%. HOUSING BUBBLE. UK house prices between 1975 and 2006. The Economist magazine, writing at the same time, went further, saying “the worldwide rise in house ... Great sportsmanship pays off. Make yourself available. Dare to be different. CONCLUSION: Thus the depression calls for marketing managers to use strategies to stimulate consumer demand. Such strategies often require a redefinition of the [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-24 03:13:21

Reducing Big City Traffic Congestion: Lessons from London | Hybrid ...

Incentives seem to matter in many settings. Jonathan Leape of the LSE has written a very nice paper on the London Congestion Charge for the Journal of Economic Perspectives. This paper goes into detail about the challenges of implementing a central london congestion charge including the nitty gritty details of enforcement. He also provides some “before/after” facts concerning the impact of the program and discusses the charge’s unintended consequences. For those interested in solving big city ills I highly recommend it. see http://www.atypon-link.com/doi/abs/10.1257/jep.20.4.157 I’m [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-23 23:42:33

Drivers want the London congestion charge to favour low emitters

The majority of drivers believe the London congestion charge should offer exemptions for cars with low carbon dioxide emissions, according to a survey by TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk. The future of the London congestion charge is being considered following a public consultation earlier this year. Currently Transport for London is considering the proposals, and a decision is expected soon. Any changes are due to be implemented in January 2011. TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk posed the question to website visitors: ‘Do you think the proposal to alter London congestion charge exemptions to a CO2 based [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-20 10:57:08

EZ-Pass Saves Lives | www.bullfax.com

I firmly believe that future people are going to regard the level of traffic congestion tolerated by the people of the early 21st century as slightly bizarre. I only rarely drive, so it’s not a big issue in my life, but perhaps that makes the persistence of this solvable problem more salient to me. At any rate, further evidence that it’s a hugely underrated issue is provided by Janet Currie’s paper “Traffic Congestion and Infant Health: Evidence from EZ Pass” This paper provides evidence of the significant negative health externalities of traffic congestion. We exploit the [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-21 18:27:22

Obama Transition Team Contemplates Congestion Charging | The Truth ...

The Manchester Evening News reports that President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has contacted Jack Opiola, a transportation principal for the firm Booz, Allen and Hamilton. Opiola the brains behind a program to tax drivers £5 (US $8) when entering the city of Manchester during peak hours. “I was ‘noticed’ by key people in the Obama campaign and I have been providing input to his strategy team in Chicago, including information about Greater Manchester’s bid,” Opiola said. Previously, Senator Obama’s most specific transportation proposal was a proposal to create a $60b [suite...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:41:54

New Greener Vehicle Discount for central London | Car Net News

After January 4, you will no longer be forced to pay the Congestion Charge in London if your automobile emits CO2 of 100g/km or less.  At present, only hybrid cars or alternative fuel vehicles are qualified for the discount, which saves a driver £8 that they would ordinarily have to turn over to Transport for London.  New rules recently announced that TfL will remove its Alternative Fuel Discount and replace it by the Greener Vehicle Discount. So, if you car meets Euro 5 air quality standards and the new CO2 standards, you will no longer be obliged to pay the £8 per day Congestion fee, [suite...]

Date: 2010-10-23 05:41:14

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