Manchester Congestion Charge
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Manchester Congestion Charge
The results have just been on the radio now - apparently it's a big fat NO!
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The Beeb is saying all 12 authorities not ten but whatever.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 778110.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manc ... 778110.stm
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For me public transport is fine in/around manchester, I used to use it most days.ratbert wrote:People moan about public transport not being good enough. Then when someone comes up with an answer it gets turned down.
Perhaps it's time to start basing the right to vote on an IQ test. Hope you enjoy the endless traffic jams!
Apparently this one covered 80 square miles, whereas the london c-charge covered eight square miles. I'd imagine more people would've voted YES if it was just for the inner ring, and not all that encompassed it.
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Council Turnout Yes Votes No Votes %Yes %No
Bolton 48.8% 20,529 76,910 21.1% 78.9%
Bury 57.4% 16,563 64,001 20.6% 79.4%
Manchester 46.1% 43,593 113,064 27.8% 72.2%
Oldham 54.4% 17,571 68,884 20.3% 79.7%
Rochdale 50.8% 17,333 61,686 21.9% 78.1%
Salford 57.0% 14,603 79,326 15.5% 84.5%
Stockport 59.0% 24,090 103,706 18.9% 81.1%
Tameside 60.7% 16,323 83,105 16.4% 83.6%
Trafford 63.6% 20,445 83,568 19.7% 80.3%
Wigan 45.3% 27,810 78,565 26.1% 73.9%
53.2% 218,860 812,815 21.2% 78.8%
Bolton 48.8% 20,529 76,910 21.1% 78.9%
Bury 57.4% 16,563 64,001 20.6% 79.4%
Manchester 46.1% 43,593 113,064 27.8% 72.2%
Oldham 54.4% 17,571 68,884 20.3% 79.7%
Rochdale 50.8% 17,333 61,686 21.9% 78.1%
Salford 57.0% 14,603 79,326 15.5% 84.5%
Stockport 59.0% 24,090 103,706 18.9% 81.1%
Tameside 60.7% 16,323 83,105 16.4% 83.6%
Trafford 63.6% 20,445 83,568 19.7% 80.3%
Wigan 45.3% 27,810 78,565 26.1% 73.9%
53.2% 218,860 812,815 21.2% 78.8%
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Yeah and women, gays and gingers too.ratbert wrote:People moan about public transport not being good enough. Then when someone comes up with an answer it gets turned down.
Perhaps it's time to start basing the right to vote on an IQ test. Hope you enjoy the endless traffic jams!
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Not driving these days I have no axe to grind. I can however, see that businesses running vehicles and blokes with families might find an extra £25 per week per vehicle an item of lay-out they don't need. Just a view.ratbert wrote:People moan about public transport not being good enough. Then when someone comes up with an answer it gets turned down.
Perhaps it's time to start basing the right to vote on an IQ test. Hope you enjoy the endless traffic jams!
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And judging by that little lot you'd just have forfeited yours, Ratty.ratbert wrote:People moan about public transport not being good enough. Then when someone comes up with an answer it gets turned down.
Perhaps it's time to start basing the right to vote on an IQ test. Hope you enjoy the endless traffic jams!
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It was the wrong solution to come up with. I think thats why people said no. At a time of economic struggle and already very expensive car tax and MOTs, the congestion charge would never win.ratbert wrote:People moan about public transport not being good enough. Then when someone comes up with an answer it gets turned down.
Perhaps it's time to start basing the right to vote on an IQ test. Hope you enjoy the endless traffic jams!
Its the principle of another tax thats all, and the fiver a day was never cast in stone it soon could have become £10 or even £15Worthy4England wrote:I find the Salford one interesting, given that most of the population live within the outer ring and a decent proportion within the inner ring anyhow
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