The Congestion Charge

At long last Boris is getting rid of the westward extension to the Congestion Charge Area. Why isn't he getting rid of the congestion charge altogether? We all pay taxes to maintain the roads and those of us who live in London also pay to park our cars on the street. Why therefore should we have to pay to use the Queen's Highway? It is not as if London streets are some sort of private club, they are a public concourse. What is more a town is a congestion of people, houses, businesses, shops, restaurants, roads and cars so why impose a double tax on cars. The argument that it controls the level of traffic is dubious at best. Basically the congestion tax is just another stealth tax and a regressive one as well as it hits the poorest hardest. It should be abolished.