Road User Charging - Another secret consultation, and it's TERRIFYING

We thought the ULEZ expansion was bad... well this new consultation makes ULEZ look like a picnic. The London Assembly have an open consultation on Road User Charging. I took a look at what this means, cross referencing what they want to do against a 2019 report done by Centre For London... and that report was financed by none other than our friends at C40 Cities.

What all of this means is we are looking at replacing road tax and fuel duty with one central digital smartphone account that will charge you 'Movement Credits' for every journey - and this isn't just limited to cars. When you combine this new Road User Charging consultation with the Digital ID consultation and the Digital Currency Consultation we have the frameworks for a tyrannical future where our movements are tracked and limited in every possible way. This is bad. This is very, very bad.

Please submit your responses here:
scrutiny@london.gov.uk

The questions they want you to answer in your reply are here:
https://bit.ly/RoadUserChargingConsul...

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THE CONSULTATION
https://bit.ly/RoadUserChargingConsul...

Publication type: Consultation
Start date: Thursday 9 February
End date: Friday 10 March 2023

How do I submit evidence?
Please send evidence by email to:
scrutiny@london.gov.uk

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ALL OTHER LINKS AND REFERENCES:

FULL PDF TO READ FOR YOURSELF ON THE CONSULTATION

Road User Charging - Call for Evidence February 2023 (PDF)
https://bit.ly/RoadUserChargingConsul...

FULL PDF TO READ FOR YOURSELF ON THE 2019 'CITY MOVE' BASICS

Centre for London Green Light Summary:
Bring road user charging into the digital age

https://www.centreforlondon.org/reade...

CONTACTS - CENTRE FOR LONDON

Centre for London
hello@centreforlondon.org
press@centreforlondon.org

CONTACTS - LONDON ASSEMBLY

Eleanor Haigh, Acting Senior Policy Advisor
eleanor.haigh@london.gov.uk

Emma Bowden, External Communications Officer
Emma.Bowden@london.gov.uk