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London’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary: The scheme obliges drivers of the most polluting vehicles inside the ultra-low emission zones to pay £12.50 ($16) a day. (www.economist.com)
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[–] Wirrvogel@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make it "x" percent of your income then, so rich people have to pay an amount that hurts them and poor people have to pay an amount that hurts them, so everyone is hurt and thinks about using public transport and then make public transport on top cheaper for the poor.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Problem is, poor people already don't live in the city and need cars because they come from outside the city where public transport is a joke, but in theory yours is a lot better.

[–] starlinguk@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The poor people live in London. The rich people live outside London (although the filthy rich ones live in Mayfair and the like).