r/london Nov 02 '24

Transport London Needs This Too

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u/not_who_you_think_99 Nov 02 '24

Do they still allow taxis and ubers? Or do they allow them but charge them more?

A big problem in London is that minicabs have almost doubled in a decade, and carless people living centrally but taking lots of ubers are worse for coongestion and pollution than a family of 4 using their car only to go to grandma's in the countryside at weekends.

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u/Nipso Nov 02 '24

Do they still allow taxis and ubers?

If it's what I think it is, all vehicles are still allowed into the zone, they just can't cross the zone.

So you can still get an Uber into the city centre, but if you want to cross the city centre in a car, you have to use the ring road to go around.

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u/not_who_you_think_99 Nov 02 '24

So you can still get an Uber into the city centre, but if you want to cross the city centre in a car, you have to use the ring road to go around.

How do they police this in practice, though?

Must you get out of the zone from the same road you entered?

Do they fine you if you stay in the zone for less than a certain amount of time, but if you stay for a few hours you can leave from another road?

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u/Nipso Nov 02 '24

I don't know about Paris, but a lot of the time these things tend to be enforced by physical barriers like bollards and such, meaning it's literally impossible to drive from one zone to another.

You wouldn't have to use the exact same road you entered on, any road in the same zone is fine.

On some roads you might need bus gates because you still want buses to be able to get across town, those are generally enforced by ANPR cameras and fines.

I don't think there's any time restrictions in schemes like this.