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8月13日新加坡的《海峡时报》很得意地报道说,新加坡式的道路收费制度成功地缓解了伦敦中心区的交通拥堵。此项举措,是伦敦的交通专家研究了新加坡的开创性收费制度后实施的。伦敦是去年2月开始征收拥堵费的,每天进入伦敦中心区的私家车平均只有11万辆,比未征收拥堵费前减少了7万辆,此举取得了“惊人的成功”。伦敦市长肯一利文斯通8月10日宣布拥堵收费将从市中心区扩大到时尚的西郊地区,市长认为拥堵收费区的扩大,将使高峰
The Straits Times in Singapore reported very well on August 13 that the Singapore-style road toll system has successfully eased traffic congestion in central London. The move came after traffic experts in London studied Singapore’s groundbreaking fee collection system. London started to collect congestion charges in February last year. The average number of private cars entering the central area of London is only about 110 聽 000 each day, a decrease of 70,000 before the congestion fee was collected. This has achieved “astonishing success.” London Mayor Kennedy Livingstone announced on August 10 that congestion charges will be extended from the downtown area to the fashionable western suburbs. The mayor believes that the expansion of the congestion charging zone will bring the peak