Congestion Charging in London: The Policy and the Politics

by Martin Richards

Book Overview

Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a platform that included a congestion charge for central London, a policy that became reality on 17 February 2003. Richards uses his experience as Director of a 2.5 million Government congestion charging study, as one of those who created the scheme Livingstone adopted and as advisor to the London Assembly, to provide a critical record of the introduction of the London Congestion Charge, and of its implications...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403932409
• ISBN13: 9781403932402
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"