@SW-User Public transport exists in most populous areas . . but won't do for much longer if people don't use it.
Congestion charging applies a price to the environmental damage caused by motorists, on the well established principle of "the polluter pays".
When I am in the office I am often bemused by colleagues complaining about heavy traffic, as though their own decision to travel solo in a car has in no way contributed to the problem. And these people are invariably the better paid employees who live within a couple of miles of the office and have the most options for alternative transport. Those who use trains, buses, park and ride, etc, travel greater distances (usually because they can't afford to live in the city) and are most inconvenienced . . but nevertheless don't complain so much.
