Friday, September 22, 2006
muzzlers for the guzzlers
I have just read a great article in the FT about congestion charging in Sweden. It has been a bottom up approach, test runs which people found popular so the Government brought in congestion charging. Now thats democracy. Here in Madrid there are proposals to bring in road charging my Friedmanite hormones say no but common sense prevails and I support the proposal.
Obviously there will be the semi revolution which occurred when parking meters were brought to all the streets inside the M30, where the populus painted streets pink and other extreme shades (hmm interior design, now I know where it comes from). But aside from this Rainbow Painting Revolution which is certain to happen when the charging arrives,it will be a good thing for Madrid. If you ever escape to the countryside you can see the dome of pollution which covers the city in a Logan´s Run futuristic city style , with charging this will vanish. The great thing is that public transport is so superior in Madrid that the money earned could be invested on other needy things. There you have it, in the words of Nipper Read who caught the Krays, "case solved"
Obviously there will be the semi revolution which occurred when parking meters were brought to all the streets inside the M30, where the populus painted streets pink and other extreme shades (hmm interior design, now I know where it comes from). But aside from this Rainbow Painting Revolution which is certain to happen when the charging arrives,it will be a good thing for Madrid. If you ever escape to the countryside you can see the dome of pollution which covers the city in a Logan´s Run futuristic city style , with charging this will vanish. The great thing is that public transport is so superior in Madrid that the money earned could be invested on other needy things. There you have it, in the words of Nipper Read who caught the Krays, "case solved"
# posted by madrid teacher @ 11:04 PM 
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