May 16, 2019
Germà Bel: “Barcelona is a clear candidate to implement congestion charging to cut the number of vehicles driving into the city center”
The congestion charge is a mechanism to reduce traffic congestion and pollution from private vehicles. Although it is a very unpopular measure among drivers, European cities such as London, Stockholm and Milan have already implemented it. In these cases, users of private cars must pay a toll to enter the urban centre at rush hours. With the Spanish local elections around the corner, the debate to introduce a congestion charge…
