London is "lapping" New York again. 
While New Yorkers are debating a congestion tax for diriving into the City (we hope it passes), London is going one step further, according to London mayor Ken Livingston. Writing in the NY Times, Livingston says the congrestion tax has worked so well in London (and Singapore, and Stockholm) that "The next stage of congestion chargingin in London will be a move to emissions-based charging." SUVs and older fuming cars will have to pay about $40 a day for the privilege of polluting the air.
Irony for the State Department: Since the American Embassy refuses to pay the congestion tax in London, what will its position be if and when New York City adopts the same tax?
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Posted by: Mike Artherton | July 24, 2007 at 06:30 AM