the equivalent of about 31 Swiss francs, or £ 24 a motorist must pay since last Monday, when he travels in the downtown core of London – and if the vehicle does not meet the new emission standards. About 40’000 cars and trucks per day are expected to be affected by the new tax, such as urban transport operators, Transport for London estimates.

At the access roads to the city core – the new “Ultra Low Emission Zone”, or air pollution control zone has been placed in the last few months, hundreds of appropriate signs. With the new exhaust toll the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is to reduce oxides according to his own statement, a high concentration of harmful nitrogen. On the way the fee was brought in 2013 by Khan’s predecessor Boris Johnson.

Since 2003, a so-called congestion toll (Congestion Charge) is levied for the city core of London, already of 11.50 pounds per vehicle. Anyone who departs from Monday to Friday between 7 o’clock in the morning and 18 o’clock in the evening in this area, will be asked to pay. The exhaust gas, the toll in the amount of 12.50 pounds – which is collected during 24 hours and 7 days in the week to come now.

New York as a pioneer in the USA

While London is on the steering mechanism of the (higher) prices, in order to improve the air quality, try the German cities of Stuttgart and Hamburg, with driving bans for cars, “dirty spin” in parts of the city with particularly severe air pollution. Among Economists, the incentive-based approach of London is considered to be the more efficient Instrument than discrimination NATO drivers and regulatory lock-outs, for example, of Diesel.

The congestion charge of 8 million people has decreased, according to Transport for London, the access of private cars in the city core of around 30 percent. However, this was largely made up for by driving service intermediaries such as Uber, which did not have to pay the fee: The number of trips into the clean air zone is increased from a daily 4000 to 18’000. Since this week, also, you are now subject to a fee.

In the past week, has spoken in the Parliament of the state of New York for the introduction of a levy for cars and trucks. You should, no later than the end of 2021 in the New York city borough of Manhattan collected, in order to relieve the chronically congested streets. The revenue, estimated at up to $ 1 billion for cars to be at least 12 dollars per day, for a load at least $ 25 to cart want to use the city for the most part, for investment in your U-Bahn.

New York in the United States, the pioneer in fees for motorized private transport, so this applies in Europe, Stockholm and Milan. Also Singapore has a similar toll system.

Black Cab

except On the political stage, the gas fee is reaping but no less fierce criticism as driving bans. In the London city of Parliament, the new toll of their opponents, it was claimed that as unfair, because you be wearing those with Low incomes particularly hard. Individual Expo, the spectre of rampaging “yellow West painted ducks already” in the City of London on the wall. That, of all things, the Conservatives – are on the city Council in Opposition to the needs of the little people took care of, has worked on political observers, but a little strange.

Strange is that around 21’000 “Black Cabs”, are the traditional London Taxis, the new fee excluded. Cars with these diesel the dirtiest in Europe’s largest city. The taxi driver asked once more their effective Lobbying. No exception there, however, for the urban Park of the police, departments hospitals fire and drove. On deaf ears to the complaints of associations of small entrepreneurs are met: see the existence of many Businesses because of the exhaust toll in danger. For a load or delivery car, the fee costs 100 pounds.

for a fee, all petrol are in London now, cars that do not meet the Euro-4 Standard, i.e., prior to 2006, in traffic . In the case of diesel vehicles, it hits those, which do not comply with the Euro 6 Standard and, therefore, before 2015 came on the market. All in a clean air zone, moving cars are captured by a camera, and on the basis of the number plates, it is checked whether or not the car will have to pay the gas fee or not. Anyone who pushes for this, a fine of 160 pounds (just under 210 francs). Until October 2021, a gradual expansion of the regime is planned until finally the entire London city area is covered between the major highway by-passes in the North and the South.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 09.04.2019, 19:08 PM