Not necessarily. What it means is that there will be investment in better public transport for the greater manchester area, reducing (theoretically) the need for/number of people who commute into the city centre (in the daytime, evening AND weekends) by car. Manchester rejected the congestion charge because there were a number of drawbacks or major issues that didn't appear to have been considered, and that the only options were "yes" or "no", not "yes to this, but no to that".
Changing attitudes and behaviours is about giving people viable alternatives to their current patterns - the carrot approach rather than the stick. The only difference between the plans for improving transport links now, or if the congestion charge had been introduced is that the money is coming from a different pot - i.e. not directly from the pockets of people and businesses in manchester.
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Not necessarily. What it means is that there will be investment in better public transport for the greater manchester area, reducing (theoretically) the need for/number of people who commute into the city centre (in the daytime, evening AND weekends) by car.
Manchester rejected the congestion charge because there were a number of drawbacks or major issues that didn't appear to have been considered, and that the only options were "yes" or "no", not "yes to this, but no to that".
Changing attitudes and behaviours is about giving people viable alternatives to their current patterns - the carrot approach rather than the stick. The only difference between the plans for improving transport links now, or if the congestion charge had been introduced is that the money is coming from a different pot - i.e. not directly from the pockets of people and businesses in manchester.
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