GMPTE congestion charge television infomercial

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority's banned congestion charge advertisement. Read more at http://www.how-do.co.uk

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[Mytimekid]

Bit late 2 say this but one reason i voted no was because the whole point of congestion charging is to get people out of their cars and on to public transport. If it had worked any people left their cars, how would we pay back the money back?

[Hoddersrevenge]

Quite right, the original plans are now on Wikipedia, and the current routes are a far cry from what they are now. So following the NO vote (I would have voted No), the government has once again blackmailed Manchester out of money that's being siphoned off to LOndon.

[LebaneseBrit]

With the billions raised in revenue and the paltry amount spent on our city. This makes Labour's claim that the Tories starved the transport infrastructure of investment a clear case of "pots and kettles."

[LebaneseBrit]

Well I am glad that Manchester's business leaders are meeting today to try and find an alternative approach.

My advice would be to form a powerful lobby comprising a good cross section of small and large business leaders, members of the public and transport users to press the government into investing in the city, as they ought to have done back in the Nineties.

[Quizcos]

Well the vote has been done, so there's no more point arguing. I personally do not believe the NO decision was the best one for the future of Manchester.

I hope that the city council can now somehow find another long-term solution for transport in Manchester.

Do you have any suggestions?

[LebaneseBrit]

It was this Labour government who pulled the plug on the scheme. Most people in Manchester will remember this and they know when they are being conned.

As for pollution and asthma, the C-charge scheme would have "worked" - i.e. made money available for investment in public transport - if people had continued to use their cars but had to pay a charge for doing so.

Kind of blows your argument out of the water dont you think?

[LebaneseBrit]

You are probably too young to remember, but the alleged improvements to the Mterolink, e.g. extended links to Rochdale, Stockport and the west of the city was proposed almost 2 decades ago, WHEN THE FIRST PHASE WAS STILL BEING BUILT.

[LebaneseBrit]

Dear Sir Rant-a-lot,

If Leeds ends up benefiting from a no-vote it will be because the whole idea of congestion charging is dead in the water. The C-charge was Sheriff of Nottingham politics, and no-one on Gods green earth believed the government when it said it would invest in Manchester in the event of a Yes vote.

They were caught out. Simple as that!

[Quizcos]

Well I hope you enjoy your traffic jams, your polluted air, your behind the times public transport, your childrens asthma, and the fact that £2,750,000,000 of investment just flew out the window and will probably be used in Leeds (or other city) instead.

Yes, I guess the fact that we're getting all of that does make the fact that so many people voted NO very funny.

[LebaneseBrit]

Well they were relying on people like you who couldn't see through the propaganda to vote Yes.

They didn't get their way though. Just laughed my head off at the result.

A victory for common sense and a big thumbs-down to government blackmail!