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![]() | 6/9/2008 Second UK City to Adopt Congestion TaxUK officials expected to announce Manchester will become the second UK city to impose a congestion tax. Manchester, UK is expected today to receive approval from Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government to impose a London-style congestion tax. By 2013, the city would have in place the complex tracking infrastructure required to charge commuters £5 (US $10) for driving into the city center during work hours. Brown's Labour government had offered the city £3 billion (US $6 billion) in taxpayer funds for mass transit in return for their agreement to implement the taxing scheme.
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![]() | 6/9/2008 Malaysia Drops Gas Subsidies, Keeps TollsCost of subsidizing gasoline has become too great for Malaysian government. | ||
![]() | 6/8/2008 Missouri: Woman Handcuffed for Waiting to Stop in Lit AreaYoung female motorist who feared that unmarked car may have been driven by police impersonator is handcuffed because she waited to stop in a well-lit area. | ||
![]() | 6/7/2008 Toll-Free Driving by Lawmakers Draws FireLawmakers in Indiana offered toll free driving; New York and New Jersey forced to end illegal perk. | ||
![]() | 6/6/2008 Arizona: Sheriff Caught Fudging Photo Radar StatsPinal County, Arizona claim from December that photo radar reduced accidents on the Hunt Highway turns out to be false. |
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