“In other words, it has not had a significant impact on congestion or pollution.”
When was the last time you were in London? How long did you stay? I used to live in the Midlands and drive to London on the regular. I can assure you it was mind numbingly worsew before the outer ring road was included in the congestion charging. It used to take up to 3 hours to get from the greenbelt to central London you can do that now in 45 to an hour. The charging absolutely worked. Don’t be a poor and try to drive into some of the most expensive areas. That applies for London and NYC. I was in NYC three weeks ago with one of my federal level attorney we go once a month as a guys trip, work for him, play for me. The change in NYC is working you can actually drive in midtown now , for anyone other than a poor $9 is less than a single drink in NYC, parking is $75 no in and outs ,more if you valet. The added benefit is with much less traffic so UBERs show up quick,no more 30+ min wait for an UBER to creep to you,and you get right to your destination fairly quickly. I hope NYS goes right to the Supremes with a clearly winnable tenth amendment case and tells the feds to piss off.
You right...it’s been almost 10 years since I was in London. However, I was just reporting what someone in the UK said.