£23,000,000 in its first month its brang in so far. Nice work if you can get it. Its not about the money.
-£100m for the scrappage scheme.
And the loans grudgingly made to TfL by Boris's No.10 to fill the hole made in TfL's finances by Covid while Boris's No.10 forbade any TfL service reductions at the same time as almost every other trading business across the country that existed as at February 2020 was entitled to claim various grants - that's grants not loans - plus the massive government underwrite of potentially limitless loan finance.
There's still much more noise about how TfL is trying to balance the books i.e. fill that Covid hole for keeping London (and by extension the nation) moving, than there is about the flagrantly corrupt awarding of contracts to cronies and the refusal to pursue let alone prosecute even the most obvious and infamous recipients of your money. Interesting split in today's press on the reporting of Cummings's and others contributions to the Covid inquiry - lots of focus on the criticism of Boris and his cronies, a few heaping the blame on the civil servants - almost perfect correlation with which of the rags constantly got the knives out for Khan - go figure!
£23,000,000 in its first month its brang in so far. Nice work if you can get it. Its not about the money.
-£100m for the scrappage scheme.
And the loans grudgingly made to TfL by Boris's No.10 to fill the hole made in TfL's finances by Covid while Boris's No.10 forbade any TfL service reductions at the same time as almost every other trading business across the country that existed as at February 2020 was entitled to claim various grants - that's grants not loans - plus the massive government underwrite of potentially limitless loan finance.
There's still much more noise about how TfL is trying to balance the books i.e. fill that Covid hole for keeping London (and by extension the nation) moving, than there is about the flagrantly corrupt awarding of contracts to cronies and the refusal to pursue let alone prosecute even the most obvious and infamous recipients of your money. Interesting split in today's press on the reporting of Cummings's and others contributions to the Covid inquiry - lots of focus on the criticism of Boris and his cronies, a few heaping the blame on the civil servants - almost perfect correlation with which of the rags constantly got the knives out for Khan - go figure!
Indeed, also a reason why there was no media outrage when ULEZ was introduced in inner London.
As I've said before - and Khan confirmed yesterday - the scheme is expected to stop raising money in 2026.
I'll leave this question with you. If Khan is reelected, how do you think he will fill the hole in his coffers in 2026?
I'll give you a clue. Pay per mile road pricing.
Dunno if Khan is a gambling man but the chances are high that there'll be a different party leader in No.10 by 2026. I'd risk a fiver that the 2026 incumbent could take a far more grown up view of how to support London's public transport and infrastructure. That's not to say road pricing is a terrible idea but 2026 doesn't give them long to sell the idea.
If people were going to upgrade anyway, why are people complaining about it? 🙃
Because of the timing. Having to buy a replacement vehicle in an inflated car market. People eventually upgrade anyway, so what was the great rush for? I'm eager to see what the stats will reveal about how much cleaner the air has become and the consequences of it -but clearly that's a waiting game.
£23,000,000 in its first month its brang in so far. Nice work if you can get it. Its not about the money.
-£100m for the scrappage scheme.
A long old process to take advantage of this! I think it was 7th August that the scheme was extended to anyone with a non-compliant vehicle. I've jumped through many hoops since then and I'm still waiting for the actual cheque to arrive!
On the plus side, I flogged my 14 year old, but ULEZ compliant, car for way more than I'd have got for it without ULEZ. Every (pollution) cloud...
Is selling children still a thing? 😁
Seriously. I pay once a week to visit my sick step mom at Dads place just inside the border of ULEZ at Ruxley.
It's an incovenience at best tbh.
Then it dawned on me. If I ever got back into the live football or rugby again, it could be a major dent in the budget for me. In no way can I afford to chop in my car for something compliant, I only just paid off the bloody thing.
I will just have to be one of the millions of compliant worker ants...
On the plus side, I flogged my 14 year old, but ULEZ compliant, car for way more than I'd have got for it without ULEZ. Every (pollution) cloud...
Is selling children still a thing? 😁
Seriously. I pay once a week to visit my sick step mom at Dads place just inside the border of ULEZ at Ruxley.
It's an incovenience at best tbh.
Then it dawned on me. If I ever got back into the live football or rugby again, it could be a major dent in the budget for me. In no way can I afford to chop in my car for something compliant, I only just paid off the bloody thing.
I will just have to be one of the millions of compliant worker ants...
It’s worth checking this map
I am still walking my dogs at Hall Place (I have a non-compliant diesel Land Rover), as whilst Hall Place is in ULEZ, I can come off A2 and drive the short distance to the car park without encountering a ULEZ camera
Might be that you can get to your parents without getting seen by a camera
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
today insisted there are no plans to rollout a 'pay-per-mile' scheme
for drivers in the capital, branding any claims 'categorically wrong'.
He
had faced a furious backlash after roads minister Richard Holden told
MPs Mr Khan had ordered officials to look at introducing the scheme, in
what critics branded the latest offensive in the mayor's war on
drivers.
Outraged Londoners accused Mr
Khan of 'ruining' the city with yet another 'money-grabbing' scheme,
following on from Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez),
congestion charge, 20mph speed limits and low-traffic neighbourhoods -
which have clobbered drivers with more than £500million in penalties.
The Labour
mayor had previously hinted London could see a Singapore-style system,
where sensors on gantries would spy on motorists, charging drivers more
for travelling at peak times.
Tory
MP Mr Holden claimed he had been told by deputy mayor Seb Dance, that
in anticipation of plummeting Ulez revenues as more Londoners switch to
less polluting vehicles, Mr Khan had asked transport chiefs 'to
investigate the technicalities of introducing road charging across
London in the future'.
But City Hall
today rubbished the claims, with a spokesman for the mayor telling
MailOnline: 'This is categorically wrong. Officials actually told the
minister the opposite - there is no prospect of it being introduced in
the foreseeable future.'
On the plus side, I flogged my 14 year old, but ULEZ compliant, car for way more than I'd have got for it without ULEZ. Every (pollution) cloud...
Is selling children still a thing? 😁
Seriously. I pay once a week to visit my sick step mom at Dads place just inside the border of ULEZ at Ruxley.
It's an incovenience at best tbh.
Then it dawned on me. If I ever got back into the live football or rugby again, it could be a major dent in the budget for me. In no way can I afford to chop in my car for something compliant, I only just paid off the bloody thing.
I will just have to be one of the millions of compliant worker ants...
It’s worth checking this map
I am still walking my dogs at Hall Place (I have a non-compliant diesel Land Rover), as whilst Hall Place is in ULEZ, I can come off A2 and drive the short distance to the car park without encountering a ULEZ camera
Might be that you can get to your parents without getting seen by a camera
You are probably right, for some bizzare reason a gang of tree surgeons came around to Basing Drive and essentially removed three trees' that they 'had to remove' on behalf of TFL.
It upset quite a few locals, as they did it at 9.45 in the evening?, as apparently there are currently 'no cameras' on that part of the A2. This is typical of the subcontractors who put one of the air monitors at the top of Upton Road south, a little further down the road, some 9 years ago, who also did this at 11 o'clock at night, between the armco, and end of the road. Made a hell of a racket, and the traffic was no more less than at 20.00. hours.( and I lived quite a few houses down ) So not only did they remove several trees, but could have put the camera on a mast, road side which would have had a splendid view of traffic coming into London.
I drive a Fiesta 1 Litre EcoBoost, petrol so not affected, but I wonder when this mayor will raise the tariff?, even though it is zero road tax rated. No wonder people were protesting the last few weeks near the bridge.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
today insisted there are no plans to rollout a 'pay-per-mile' scheme
for drivers in the capital, branding any claims 'categorically wrong'.
He
had faced a furious backlash after roads minister Richard Holden told
MPs Mr Khan had ordered officials to look at introducing the scheme, in
what critics branded the latest offensive in the mayor's war on
drivers.
Outraged Londoners accused Mr
Khan of 'ruining' the city with yet another 'money-grabbing' scheme,
following on from Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez),
congestion charge, 20mph speed limits and low-traffic neighbourhoods -
which have clobbered drivers with more than £500million in penalties.
The Labour
mayor had previously hinted London could see a Singapore-style system,
where sensors on gantries would spy on motorists, charging drivers more
for travelling at peak times.
Tory
MP Mr Holden claimed he had been told by deputy mayor Seb Dance, that
in anticipation of plummeting Ulez revenues as more Londoners switch to
less polluting vehicles, Mr Khan had asked transport chiefs 'to
investigate the technicalities of introducing road charging across
London in the future'.
But City Hall
today rubbished the claims, with a spokesman for the mayor telling
MailOnline: 'This is categorically wrong. Officials actually told the
minister the opposite - there is no prospect of it being introduced in
the foreseeable future.'
And you believe a word Khan says on this matter? Please excuse my cynical laughter!
If what he says is true, why hasn't he disbanded the section looking at road pricing? In fact, and did you know, that it was only about 6 months ago that Tfl were advertising jobs for this section?
Khan is not stupid. He knows that his re-election next year is not the walkover he thought it would be only a few months ago. Of course he is going to deny introducing another measure that would be 100 times more unpopular than his ULEZ scheme.
If he is re-elected, then come 2026 await his weasel words. Wasn't my intention to do it but things have changed etc etc. And anyone who believes differently is going to get a huge shock.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
today insisted there are no plans to rollout a 'pay-per-mile' scheme
for drivers in the capital, branding any claims 'categorically wrong'.
He
had faced a furious backlash after roads minister Richard Holden told
MPs Mr Khan had ordered officials to look at introducing the scheme, in
what critics branded the latest offensive in the mayor's war on
drivers.
Outraged Londoners accused Mr
Khan of 'ruining' the city with yet another 'money-grabbing' scheme,
following on from Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez),
congestion charge, 20mph speed limits and low-traffic neighbourhoods -
which have clobbered drivers with more than £500million in penalties.
The Labour
mayor had previously hinted London could see a Singapore-style system,
where sensors on gantries would spy on motorists, charging drivers more
for travelling at peak times.
Tory
MP Mr Holden claimed he had been told by deputy mayor Seb Dance, that
in anticipation of plummeting Ulez revenues as more Londoners switch to
less polluting vehicles, Mr Khan had asked transport chiefs 'to
investigate the technicalities of introducing road charging across
London in the future'.
But City Hall
today rubbished the claims, with a spokesman for the mayor telling
MailOnline: 'This is categorically wrong. Officials actually told the
minister the opposite - there is no prospect of it being introduced in
the foreseeable future.'
And you believe a word Khan says on this matter? Please excuse my cynical laughter!
If what he says is true, why hasn't he disbanded the section looking at road pricing? In fact, and did you know, that it was only about 6 months ago that Tfl were advertising jobs for this section?
Khan is not stupid. He knows that his re-election next year is not the walkover he thought it would be only a few months ago. Of course he is going to deny introducing another measure that would be 100 times more unpopular than his ULEZ scheme.
If he is re-elected, then come 2026 await his weasel words. Wasn't my intention to do it but things have changed etc etc. And anyone who believes differently is going to get a huge shock.
Well I’m shocked. A politician not telling the whole truth.
As I've said before - and Khan confirmed yesterday - the scheme is expected to stop raising money in 2026.
I'll leave this question with you. If Khan is reelected, how do you think he will fill the hole in his coffers in 2026?
I'll give you a clue. Pay per mile road pricing.
The technology is nowhere near available at the moment. Device required in every vehicle including vehicles from outside London.
Sorry but you couldn't be more wrong.
Road pricing is already in place in a number of countries. The technology is available and proven to work.
The ULEZ cameras are the final piece in the jigsaw as it enables vehicles to be identified .
ULEZ was always the trojan horse to enable TFL and Khan to introduce road pricing.
Laugh if you like but TfL have got a team that has been working on the introduction of road pricing for some time.
I don’t understand what ULEZ cameras have to do with road pricing? RP won’t work until cars have chips enabling them to be tracked accurately.
Have nothing against road pricing by the way. Seems like the fairest system, rather than the current ‘one size fits all’ system which punishes low mileage drivers.
ULEZ chatter on social media has dropped by more than 90% since the ULEZ expansion went live, apparently. Turns out much of that chatter may have been been created by thousands of Twitter bot accounts that were set up after Nov ‘22. Some Tufton St think tanks (known to be funded by oil companies) are involved in promoting climate change denial. Makes you think.
It’s also gone quiet because many people who thought they’d be affected actually aren’t.
Disinformation campaign on social media about ULEZ a deliberate attempt at manipulation says Mayor
I had a blade runner block me on social media as on one of their live videos they were ranting about electric cars and how kids are being exploited to mine cobalt for batteries. She didn't like that I pointed out the irony of her filming on her phone that has a similar battery. I don't like making generalisations but these types do all seem to be lacking in the critical thought department.
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I'll leave this question with you. If Khan is reelected, how do you think he will fill the hole in his coffers in 2026?
I'll give you a clue. Pay per mile road pricing.
There's still much more noise about how TfL is trying to balance the books i.e. fill that Covid hole for keeping London (and by extension the nation) moving, than there is about the flagrantly corrupt awarding of contracts to cronies and the refusal to pursue let alone prosecute even the most obvious and infamous recipients of your money.
Interesting split in today's press on the reporting of Cummings's and others contributions to the Covid inquiry - lots of focus on the criticism of Boris and his cronies, a few heaping the blame on the civil servants - almost perfect correlation with which of the rags constantly got the knives out for Khan - go figure!
Seriously. I pay once a week to visit my sick step mom at Dads place just inside the border of ULEZ at Ruxley.
It's an incovenience at best tbh.
Then it dawned on me. If I ever got back into the live football or rugby again, it could be a major dent in the budget for me. In no way can I afford to chop in my car for something compliant, I only just paid off the bloody thing.
I will just have to be one of the millions of compliant worker ants...
I am still walking my dogs at Hall Place (I have a non-compliant diesel Land Rover), as whilst Hall Place is in ULEZ, I can come off A2 and drive the short distance to the car park without encountering a ULEZ camera
Might be that you can get to your parents without getting seen by a camera
https://ulez.co.uk/ulez-camera-locations/
Road pricing is already in place in a number of countries. The technology is available and proven to work.
The ULEZ cameras are the final piece in the jigsaw as it enables vehicles to be identified .
ULEZ was always the trojan horse to enable TFL and Khan to introduce road pricing.
Laugh if you like but TfL have got a team that has been working on the introduction of road pricing for some time.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan today insisted there are no plans to rollout a 'pay-per-mile' scheme for drivers in the capital, branding any claims 'categorically wrong'.
He had faced a furious backlash after roads minister Richard Holden told MPs Mr Khan had ordered officials to look at introducing the scheme, in what critics branded the latest offensive in the mayor's war on drivers.
Outraged Londoners accused Mr Khan of 'ruining' the city with yet another 'money-grabbing' scheme, following on from Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez), congestion charge, 20mph speed limits and low-traffic neighbourhoods - which have clobbered drivers with more than £500million in penalties.
The Labour mayor had previously hinted London could see a Singapore-style system, where sensors on gantries would spy on motorists, charging drivers more for travelling at peak times.
Tory MP Mr Holden claimed he had been told by deputy mayor Seb Dance, that in anticipation of plummeting Ulez revenues as more Londoners switch to less polluting vehicles, Mr Khan had asked transport chiefs 'to investigate the technicalities of introducing road charging across London in the future'.
But City Hall today rubbished the claims, with a spokesman for the mayor telling MailOnline: 'This is categorically wrong. Officials actually told the minister the opposite - there is no prospect of it being introduced in the foreseeable future.'
Over the last seven months 220 have been stolen and 767 damaged. I'll let you do the maths
It upset quite a few locals, as they did it at 9.45 in the evening?, as apparently there are currently 'no cameras' on that part of the A2. This is typical of the subcontractors who put one of the air monitors at the top of Upton Road south, a little further down the road, some 9 years ago, who also did this at 11 o'clock at night, between the armco, and end of the road. Made a hell of a racket, and the traffic was no more less than at
20.00. hours.( and I lived quite a few houses down )
So not only did they remove several trees, but could have put the camera on a mast, road side which would have had a splendid view of traffic coming into London.
I drive a Fiesta 1 Litre EcoBoost, petrol so not affected, but I wonder when this mayor will raise the tariff?, even though it is zero road tax rated. No wonder people were protesting the last few weeks near the bridge.
Seems TFL are desperate to close the loop holes.
If what he says is true, why hasn't he disbanded the section looking at road pricing? In fact, and did you know, that it was only about 6 months ago that Tfl were advertising jobs for this section?
Khan is not stupid. He knows that his re-election next year is not the walkover he thought it would be only a few months ago. Of course he is going to deny introducing another measure that would be 100 times more unpopular than his ULEZ scheme.
If he is re-elected, then come 2026 await his weasel words. Wasn't my intention to do it but things have changed etc etc. And anyone who believes differently is going to get a huge shock.
RP won’t work until cars have chips enabling them to be tracked accurately.
Disinformation campaign on social media about ULEZ a deliberate attempt at manipulation says Mayor