Your First Job Is to Keep London Moving, Boris ; After 100 Days in Office, the Mayor Finds Congestion Is As Bad As Ever. But If He Is to Break the Gridlock, He Must First Resist the Car Lobby, Says One Transport Expert

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PERHAPS it was inevitable that Boris Johnson would mark his first 100 days as Mayor today by issuing a list of his achievements. Never mind that it is impossible to have much of an impact on a huge city like London in such a short period. The striking point is that there isn't much about transport, the key area over which the Mayor has power. That reflects not just the time it takes to change transport policy, but also a real dilemma over how to keep London moving.

Last week's report on the congestion charge highlighted some of the problems and the way that transport policy does not fit easily into any Left-Right divide.

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Your First Job Is to Keep London Moving, Boris ; After 100 Days in Office, the Mayor Finds Congestion Is As Bad As Ever. But If He Is to Break the Gridlock, He Must First Resist the Car Lobby, Says One Transport Expert

On the face of it, the C-charge is a success: it is reducing the number of cars entering central London during business hours. Compared with 2003, when the charge was introduced, 70,000 fewer cars are entering the central zone during the day, a reduction of just over a fifth. Even t...

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