congestion charge

English

A sign marking the congestion charge zone in London

Noun

congestion charge (plural congestion charges)

1. (UK, transport) A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city such as London.
   • 2020 May 20, Andrew Roden, “Transport for London fears £3.2bn funding gap”, in Rail, page 8:

     In a paper published for an emergency finance committee meeting on May 12, TfL says it costs around £600 million a month to run its network, but that income has fallen by 90% since the lockdown began. As well as a decline in public transport revenue, London's congestion charge has been suspended to allow key workers to use the road network.

Related terms

• road pricing
• T-Charge

Further reading

• congestion charge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “congestion charge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.