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From the Wikipedia page at [1]: 'The London congestion charge is a fee charged for some categories of motor vehicle to travel at certain times within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ), a traffic area in London. The charge aims to reduce congestion, and raise investment funds for London's transport system. The zone was introduced in central London on 17 February 2003, and extended into parts of west London on 19 February 2007.'

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rdfs:label	Congestion Charge
rdfs:comment	From the Wikipedia page at [1]: 'The London congestion charge is a fee charged for some categories of motor vehicle to travel at certain times within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ), a traffic area in London. The charge aims to reduce congestion, and raise investment funds for London's transport system. The zone was introduced in central London on 17 February 2003, and extended into parts of west London on 19 February 2007.' Congestion Charge is a flat rate charge levied by Greater London on each vehicle entering London begining in 2003. Brainchild of London Mayor Ken Livingstone the fees are designed to reduce both the intense traffic congestion of central London and the resulting air pollution from emissions that degrade the quality of life in one of the planet's most interesting cities.
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abstract	Congestion Charge is a flat rate charge levied by Greater London on each vehicle entering London begining in 2003. Brainchild of London Mayor Ken Livingstone the fees are designed to reduce both the intense traffic congestion of central London and the resulting air pollution from emissions that degrade the quality of life in one of the planet's most interesting cities. On November 2006, Livingston announced that the congestion charge program would be used to discourage use of environmentally harmful sport utility vehicles (SUVs) or "Chelsea Tractors" owners by imposing fees of £25 or U.S. $47 each time they enter the Cemtral London during peak travel periods beginning in 2009. Also affected are sports cars like the Porsche 911 and luxury cars like the Roll-Royce Phantom, Jaguar X-Type and BMW 335i. In addition to London, Singapore and Stockholm have also levied a congestion fee. However on July 17, 2007 the New York state legislature failed to adopt a similar fee for New York City. The proposed law would have levied an US$8.00 toll for cars and a US$21.00 toll for trucks entering the most heavily traveled business district of Manhattan during workdays. According to the proposal's chief sponsor, Mayor Michael Bllomberg, "New York City is today poorer because of Albany's inaction yesterday, and I think sadly it appears that we jeopardized, at best, and probably lost, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And demonstrated once again that Albany just does not seem to get it." Congestion charges/fees are Pigouvian taxes on externalities, required becauase people a less sensitive to the value of time than money. They also represent one of the tools in the kit that could help reorganize automobile transportation in the future. From the Wikipedia page at [1]: 'The London congestion charge is a fee charged for some categories of motor vehicle to travel at certain times within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ), a traffic area in London. The charge aims to reduce congestion, and raise investment funds for London's transport system. The zone was introduced in central London on 17 February 2003, and extended into parts of west London on 19 February 2007.'

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