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jaguar · 10-20-2005, 04:27 PM

What a bloody joke, it's not a tax any more than a toll road is. you pay for what you use. As for business, living here, trust me, any claims of the city being quiet and everyone going backrupt because of this is utter crap. It has however made traffic move a little again and is widely viewed here as a major success. You have to understand that you're mad to drive into london anyway, everyone, from execs to bus uses the PT because its the only way to get anywhere in a reasonable time short of a chopper thus the idea that there are less people is frankly, laughable. Furthermore, recently they closed Oxford St to traffic for a day, a friend of mine is a manager at the massive TopShop at Oxford Circus - they recorded a 40% increase in business.

10-20-2005, 04:27 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	What a bloody joke, it's not a tax any more than a toll road is. you pay for what you use. As for business, living here, trust me, any claims of the city being quiet and everyone going backrupt because of this is utter crap. It has however made traffic move a little again and is widely viewed here as a major success. You have to understand that you're mad to drive into london anyway, everyone, from execs to bus uses the PT because its the only way to get anywhere in a reasonable time short of a chopper thus the idea that there are less people is frankly, laughable. Furthermore, recently they closed Oxford St to traffic for a day, a friend of mine is a manager at the massive TopShop at Oxford Circus - they recorded a 40% increase in business. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain