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The Italian Job
Milan, Italy, institutes congestion charge |
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03 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:39 PM on 03 Jan 2008 In Milan, congestion pricing is the new black. (Oh, like you have a better fashion pun?) Under Milan's new plan, which kicks off as a one-year trial, vehicles driving into the urban center on weekdays between 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. must pay up to $14 per day; low-polluting cars are exempt from the charge. Milan has the third-highest number of cars per capita in Europe, and some 89,000 cars enter the cit ... |
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