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Old 09-08-2010, 05:18 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Varn View Post
This plan sounds like an elitist way of keeping poorer people out of the central city.
The results in London were / are that the rich people happily drive their big SUV or other fancy gasguzzler into the city - or even bought an exempted Prius .
Meanwhile Mr & Mrs Doe were shoehorned into the busses and on the underground ...

The scheme was generating far too little money - as a lot went into running the ploy - so the area got expanded.


Similar things happen when cities alternatingly limit access to even or odd plates. Those rich enough buy new cars with custom licence plates so they have an even and an odd numbered car ...
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