Changing the charge 21 June 2020
Wide ranging changes to London's Congestion Charge take effect this week. Are they truly temporary?
Tolls
The ULEZ has landed 8 April 2019
The Ultra Low Emission Zone is now in force across Central London. What does it mean for you? And what's next?
The trouble with the Thames 26 July 2018
The capital's planned new river crossing faces opposition at every turn. Why has it always been so hard to find new ways across the Thames in East London?
Routes
What happens when you don't pay the toll at Dartford 19 June 2018
Time for T 23 October 2017
A new Toxicity Charge applies to vehicles in Central London from today, and this is only the start.
Low Emission Zone 4 November 2014
A first step towards emissions-based road pricing, a pointless measure to enforce something that's happening anyway, or another leap forward in traffic planning from the people who created the Congestion Charge? It's hard to say.
Guides
London Congestion Charge 25 October 2014
One of the world's biggest and most controversial schemes to manage traffic by charging for roadspace. You can drive in to London if you like, guv, but it'll cost you.
Guides
Queensway Tunnel 19 May 2012
Studland Motor Road 2 October 2010
The first motorway opened in 1958. The first road restricted to motor traffic, on the other hand, opened in 1923...
Histories