Ultra Low Emission Zone filter for car

For those who think that the existing public transport system is the way forward, are living in some by-gone utopian world of a by-gone era. For many of us who have children, older family members, have to collect the kids from clubs, schools, music lessons hospital etc. the system simply is not good enough and until there is an improved system, many of those middling families have little or no choice unless we go back to the good old days when mum stayed at home, dad worked at the local factory and nan helped out, which simply doesn't happen due to a host of changes in our lives and world.

Utter drivel. Is London's transport system perfect? Of course not. Some of it is quite old. The tube can be overcrowded especially at rush hour times but for the most part it works well and buses work a great deal more reliably than in my youth even with increased traffic levels. When we eventually get the delayed Elizabeth line there will be a welcome increase in capacity and better journey times. If I travel in Central London the car stays firmly at home (although it would be exempt from emission fees). Why? Because it is a less aggravating and time consuming journey. If it goes wrong I console myself, if on rail, that at least I'm not sitting in an interminable traffic jam.

AdrianC wrote: »

Yep.
The airline industry is a hard one to tax. Put tax on fuel? Short and medium-haul airlines will simply use more fuel by flying in with full tanks, so they don't have to fill here. Long-haul will use Paris or Amsterdam or Frankfurt as a hub instead of London.

APD can be as little as £20 on 2,000 miles of air travel; how much duty would people pay on 2,000 miles of road travel, not much.