Transport for LondonBenefits
Since the Congestion Charge scheme started, London has seen:
- Traffic entering the original charging zone reduced by 21 per cent
- An increase in cycling within the zone of 43 per cent
- Reductions in accidents and key traffic pollutants
- Public transport successfully accommodating displaced car users
- Retail footfall now outperforming the rest of the UK and returning to a pattern of year-on-year growth
- No effect on property prices
- £123 million being raised, in the financial year 2006/07, to invest back into improving transport in London
- In comparison with 2002 conditions, congestion in 2006 was 8 per cent lower, but this is misleading about the scheme's performance. When compared to conditions without charging, Congestion Charging is continuing to deliver congestion relief that is broadly in line with the 30 per cent reduction achieved in the first year of the scheme
- Initial results from the monitoring of the western extension suggest that traffic and congestion have both reduced in line with our expectations
For more information please refer to the Fifth Annual Impacts Monitoring Report (PDF 2.3MB).
