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 Pds. 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 for congestion charging elsewhere.
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The Mayor's Challenge Why Charge? How to Charge? Highways and Traffic Restraint in London Before the Mayor Experience Around the World A New Beginning: The Blair Government, Congestion Charging and a Mayor for London The Formalities: The Mayor's Transport Strategy for London and his Congestion Charging Scheme The Mayor's Congestion Charging Scheme Implementing the Mayor's Congestion Charging Scheme The London Assembly: Scrutinising the Scheme The Critics, Doubters, Fence Sitters and Supporters The First Year Some Lessons Learned The Future Finally
