Munich or Berlin wish to make the town middle utterly or partially car-free. A congestion cost, just like that in London, can also be mentioned repeatedly. The youthful they’re, the much less they consider it.
That is the results of a consultant Civey survey of greater than 5,000 folks aged 18 and over commissioned by “Automobilwoche”. 56 % reject a congestion cost. Virtually a 3rd of these surveyed could be in favor of it. Most supporters of a downtown automotive use payment are within the older age bracket, 49 and over: just below half could be in opposition to it.
The youthful, alternatively, the decrease the willingness to pay. “Youthful customers specifically are refusing to pay for journeys into metropolis centres. Greater than three quarters (77 %) of 18 to 29 yr olds see no resolution to lowering inner-city site visitors,” reviews the “Automobilwoche”.
German cities are additionally contemplating charging tolls – each to scale back site visitors and to enhance their metropolis coffers. Cities all over the world strategy the problem of site visitors limitations in very alternative ways. In London, for instance, there was a steadily growing toll for the town for years in addition to driving bans for older automobiles, particularly diesel automobiles. Different cities equivalent to Barcelona largely block total districts for automotive site visitors with so-called “superblocks”. An alternative choice are license plate-based driving bans: on sure days solely automobiles with even quantity plates are allowed to drive, on others solely these with odd numbers on the quantity plate.