TfL admits London congestion increase
Date: 18 April 2008
Transport for London (TfL) has admitted that congestion in central London is now as bad as it was before the introduction of the congestion charge - which greatly affects couriers.
The body has admitted jams in the capital are now as bad as they were before the charge came into effect back in 2003, the Daily Mail reports.
Congestion is being made worse by the large number of road works on London's streets.
A spokesman for the AA said: "It had become increasingly clear that benefits originally delivered by the charge were being eroded.
"Last year, TfL's own monitoring report said the initial 30 per cent improvement in congestion had slipped to just eight per cent - now it seems even that gain may have gone.
"The trouble is, by closing off side streets and short cuts and re-phasing traffic lights for pedestrians - all for laudable reasons - TfL has stifled traffic. Add to that pavement build-outs, re-engineered junctions, and you can see why congestion is rising."
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