Many cities across the UK have been adopting financial penalties to restrict the use of private cars, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, pollution and congestion, but such schemes have met with fierce opposition from some residents in cities such as Cambridge and Oxford.
CONGESTION charges now appear very unlikely for the next four years in York after the council's Labour leader said: "It's certainly not on Labour's agenda for running the city."
Many cities across the UK have been adopting financial penalties to restrict the use of private cars, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, pollution and congestion, but such schemes have met with fierce opposition from some residents in cities such as Cambridge and Oxford.
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