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Originally Posted by Cyclops
I have on a few occasions, and talking to friends in London it's not because of the streets it's the cost. The streets are small for sure, yet Volvo sells an SUV and Hummer has a dealership there. If it was impossible to drive these vehicles there then they wouldn't offer them.
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London also has a congestion tax for driving downtown though (which wasn't based on carbon and the environment) so that's another issue. That's why you see so many scooters there as opposed to other vehicles. But there are other factors at play, namely while the costs of fuel might be higher, there are viable alternatives as well which we are lacking. Its probably easier to not drive in a city like London with amazing transit infrastructure, and getting around England by train is sensible. Driving in Calgary is nearly essential. For a lot of Albertans driving is basically essential because there is no transit (think of the smaller rural towns for example)
And to me that points to the greater issue with the carbon tax that was just passed today. We can't modify these behaviors because it's not something you can swap out. People are going to spend money heating their homes, and that won't change. People in rural towns are going to fill up with gas because what else can they do? I hardly think people in Calgary have much choice, but certainly those people do not.