Is congestion charging - as a major driver of transport improvement in provincial England - dead? Durham CC's decision to pull out of the Transport Innovation Fund comes in the wake of the massive rejection of congestion charging in Greater Manchester. All 10 districts of the city region voted, by substantial majorities, to reject the levy. In this vicious recession, the result was predictable. Its scale was not. The conclusion must be that getting public assent for congestion charging in return for public transport investment is going to be almost impossible anywhere in the country.
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