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London to Introduce Traffic Congestion Charge

Posted by michael on from the click-whirr-click-whirr-click-whirr dept.

Vivek writes "BBC is reporting that Londoners will have to pay a 5 pound "Congestion Charge" starting Feb 17. According to this Times of India article, an Indian software firm called Mastek developed the .NET based software to implement the plan. In the absence of toll booths, it reportedly uses character recognition from 700 surveillance cameras to identify defaulting license plates." See our previous story for background.

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  1. Re:Why such a clumsy system? by plugger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The public transport charge is time-based? That sounds a bit mean. If your bus is stuck in traffic, you get to pay extra for the privilege.

    Wouldn't this reduce the incentive to use public transport on highly congested routes? If it is expensive to sit on the bus, I might as well sit in the comfort of my own car instead.