Road Charging Question

Atomic · 15 Nov 2006 at 22:51

There seems to be a draft bill going though at the moment or very soon in Parliment, but I wondering if anyone knows if buses are exemp from such charges. Just curious to know if they will be excelpt from these charges.

seaviewuk · 15 Nov 2006 at 22:52

Of course they will be exempt.

That's the whole point, to encourage people to leave their cars at home!

And use Public Transport

Gilly · 15 Nov 2006 at 22:53

Almost certainly. The charges are designed to encourage use of public transport.

Stellios · 15 Nov 2006 at 22:57

Gilly said:
The charges are designed to encourage use of public transport.

They will need to drop travel costs first, buses/trains are too expensive around here. If i hadnt paid £170 for a pass for 3 months id be paying >£35 a week on travel costs.

Id imagine they will be exempt.

Dr.EM · 15 Nov 2006 at 23:46

Encourage the use of public transport? Even if it was free i'd take the car if I had one. They need to make it just generally better (better cleaned, on time etc), though you'd never be able to get rid of the main problem with public transport; the public