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URBUN DEVELOPMENT
Congestion pricing in London ..
Portsmouth university 
Introduction .
 What is the solution of reducing traffic
congestion ?
 Examples (London, Singapore) .
 Conclusion .
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Road users, quite naturally, only think of
themselves when taking a trip. Their extra
trip, however, imposes extra delays on
thousands of drivers. The result is wasted
time, wasted fuel, and unnecessary
pollution, to say nothing of the other
happiness-reducing aspects of traffic
congestion – frayed nerves, road-rage,
missed appointments .
it is useful to think of traffic congestion and
the solution of this problem. There is lots
of solutions for the problem for example
public transport
( Buses and undergrounds ) , ride a bike ,
etc.
1)- let's take London’s Congestion
Charging Scheme (LCCS) for an
example ,In 2003 London introduced the
Congestion Charging Scheme in the
central of London all the drivers
must pay £8 in the charging zone on
Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm
2)-in 1970 Singapore realized the high
economic growth rates it decided to
reduce traffic congestion and they used
the ERP charges, The interesting thing
about it they had difference price
according to vehicle type, time of day,
and the locations .
In conclusion there is a lot of countries had
these problem the traffic congestion and
some of them had solved the problem as
what Previous said and some of the
countries try to find solution
Author, G,S (25 July 2007) Title of article. Congestion pricing:
an idea that makes sense
Of Newspaper . Vox . Retrieved from
http://voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/410
Parker-Pope , , Psychiatry handbook linked
to drug industry. Vox . Retrieved
from ,London introduced one in 2003
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