This article from the Autocar archives examines the Greater London Council's (GLC) 1973 campaign to discourage car usage in London. It highlights their efforts to restrict parking, implement congestion measures, and promote public transport, drawing parallels to contemporary anti-motorist policies.
"In a few countries, money alone is not enough to qualify for car ownership; commissarial consent is needed as well. "We see something of the same approach in the anti-motorist policies of the new Greater London Council . A campaign is on to wage war against the motorist in the capital, in the hope that if life is made sufficiently difficult for him, he will disappear.” Enjoy full access to the complete Autocar archive at the magazineshop.
” The Conservatives’ environment minister, Geoffrey Rippon, agreed, saying separately: “ inessential and anti-social journeys by private cars are one of the aims of the government’s transport policy.” "There had even been talk of black boxes and road pricing, amazingly.
Transport LONDON GLC MOTORIST TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PARKING CONGESTION
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