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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: Dave PlowmanDave Plowman Date: Jul 9, 2008 06:46
In article
34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Jaap \Transformer Oil\ Everest gmail.com> wrote:>> term, one hopes that when the contracts with the jackals, er...
>> company that operates the scheme has expired, it will not be renewed
>> and the whole scheme will be scrapped.
> Why do you hope that? What alternative do you suggest apart from a
> price mechanism? road space rationing? permits? "cap and trade"
> certificates of entitlement? A sudden surge in telecommuting and
> online shopping?
> Failing to have some form of demand management on The City's roads is
> a terrible idea macroeconomically - look up the concept of "the
> tragedy of the commons".
> Shortages are a horribly inefficient way of allocating scarce
> resources.
There are some here that regard *any* restrictions on private car use as
being an assault on personal liberty. Regardless of the misery congestion
etc may cause to others who actually live in the effected areas. Of course
if a motorway was proposed through *their* property you'd hear the screams
in Moscow...
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*Wrinkled was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up
Dave Plowman dave@ davesound.co.uk London SW 12
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