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Traffic in London Is Still Out of Control. Now What?
The U.K. capital was a global leader in taming congestion 13 years ago. But the traffic has come back, with a vengeance.
In 2003, the city of London made a bold move in an effort to tame traffic: It instituted a congestion charge, making motorists pay a fee in order to drive into the city core. The law was the first of its kind in a major city, and similar schemes were later adopted in Stockholm, Milan, and other cities.
Today, 13 years later, the U.K. capital is drowning in vehicles: London has the worst road delays in Europe. What happened?