Pebbles
10-01-2007, 03:52 AM
To Londoners it will seem a bargain. Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, yesterday unveiled plans for a congestion charge on cars entering the busiest parts of Manhattan. Compared with London's £8, New York's proposed charge will be a snip at $8, around £4 at today's exchange rates.
The proposal was delivered in a speech to mark Earth Day. Pledging to make New York "a brighter, healthier and more economically prosperous city", Mr Bloomberg couched the charge in terms of climate change. "The science is there," he said. "It's time to stop debating it and start dealing with it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2063452,00.html
I see on the news today..New York Mayor is in London discussing the new congestion charges for New York.
The proposal was delivered in a speech to mark Earth Day. Pledging to make New York "a brighter, healthier and more economically prosperous city", Mr Bloomberg couched the charge in terms of climate change. "The science is there," he said. "It's time to stop debating it and start dealing with it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2063452,00.html
I see on the news today..New York Mayor is in London discussing the new congestion charges for New York.