To add just one more thing to Glee’s excellent comments on Ianzins posting; the alternative suggested of only allowing odd or even numbered plated cars into the CBD on alternate days was tried - in Athens - and was a dismal failure. All that folk did was to buy yet another car carrying the opposite plate and use them alternately. Now the one thing the streets of Highgate does NOT need are another few hundred cars looking for a parking spot…
San Paolo in Brazil I think tried another alternative - fining any car carrying only the driver to encourage car share. The resulting growth industry in “professional passengers” was fasinating - the poor (no shortage) simply buses out to beyong to charging zone and charged drivers to hitch back in again with the process endlessly repeated during the two rush hours.
Liverstone has lots of faults but at least is a democrate - unlike Stalin as far as I recall. That he is an arch-egotist and an alleged wife beater are different issues…
To add just one more thing to Glee’s excellent comments on Ianzins posting; the alternative suggested of only allowing odd or even numbered plated cars into the CBD on alternate days was tried - in Athens - and was a dismal failure. All that folk did was to buy yet another car carrying the opposite plate and use them alternately. Now the one thing the streets of Highgate does NOT need are another few hundred cars looking for a parking spot…
San Paolo in Brazil I think tried another alternative - fining any car carrying only the driver to encourage car share. The resulting growth industry in “professional passengers” was fasinating - the poor (no shortage) simply buses out to beyong to charging zone and charged drivers to hitch back in again with the process endlessly repeated during the two rush hours.
Liverstone has lots of faults but at least is a democrate - unlike Stalin as far as I recall. That he is an arch-egotist and an alleged wife beater are different issues…
Just adding one more comment to Glee’s excellent commentary on Ianzins post:
The odd/even number plate thing was tried in Athens and was a total failure. All the drivers did was buy another car bearing the opposite plate to their first and keep on driving everyday. Now what the streets DO NOT need are another few thousand cars looking for a parking spot…
Another “great idea” tried in Brazil somewhere was charging folk for driving into the city with just the driver. The resultant immediate industry created in “professional passengers” was fasinating to behold! The poor (no shortage in San Paulo I think) simply bussed out to the suburbs and charged folk for the privilage of giving them a lift back in - repeated ad infinitum during the rush hours.
At least Livingstone’s idea had relative simplicity in its favour and was WYSIWYG when it came to voting him in. For all his faults he is a democrat, which do not recall Statin being. OK he is also an arch-egotist and alleged wife beater but those are different issues.