http://www.dublinblog.ie/2009/02/06/congestion-charging-coming/ An award winning group blog, written by some of Dublin's best, most prolific, witty and engaging bloggers about the life and goings on in and around Dublin City Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.dublinblog.ie/2009/02/06/congestion-charging-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-388524 colm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:44:50 +0000 http://www.dublinblog.ie/?p=1225#comment-388524 Unfortunately congestion charges in Dublin will be introduced sooner rather than later (within the life time of this government) as they make far more sense than a nation wide carbon tax. The idea should be to force people to use public transportation and Dublin is the only place where the public transportation alternative exists for the daly commuter (Dublin Bus, Luas, Dart, Metro etc). In rural areas a carbon tax will simply be a revenue generating tool as there is no public transportation worthy of the name outside the M50. Unfortunately congestion charges in Dublin will be introduced sooner rather than later (within the life time of this government) as they make far more sense than a nation wide carbon tax. The idea should be to force people to use public transportation and Dublin is the only place where the public transportation alternative exists for the daly commuter (Dublin Bus, Luas, Dart, Metro etc). In rural areas a carbon tax will simply be a revenue generating tool as there is no public transportation worthy of the name outside the M50.

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