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Study suggests €12 fee per day to drive in Brussels
How much would it have to cost to dissuade you from driving in Brussels? A new study by Belgium firm Stratec says that it would take a fee of 12 euros per day to reduce Brussels traffic by 20% in 2018, the desired government target. The suggested amount surpasses the three-euro fee originally thought to be sufficient to get people out of their cars. The study concludes that Brussels drivers need a lot more incentive to leave the car at home.
The study was commissioned by the Brussels-Capital Region in an attempt to find out how high a toll would be required to reduce the daily gridlock on the city’s streets.
The toll system would charge everyone entering the Brussels’ zone, no matter how far the distance traveled within the Brussels-Capital Region. The study says that the 12-euro fee would result in a 16% drop of daily car commuters, and 4% less motorists in Brussels.
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It is already costing plenty to drive in Brussels. Time lost in queues, looking for parking, damage from potholes, theft, delays due to double parking and delivery vans parked everywhere. Lack of green wave traffic management, seemingly random roadworks and bad signing of diversions making most GPS's go loopy, who pays the drivers (and even worse - the passengers who have to LIVE with the driver) for that? Was there not a recent study that suggests 20-25mins a day was lost that way. What cost to the economy is that?
Be sure, it will not happen.
All people involved in making decisions will not come to an agreement about a fee, the usual problem in Brussels.