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Come on folks at least we are not being charged for the air we breathe....! are we...?

How do you think Boris will be paying for the Olympics...? What a load of "Whiff Waff".

Great Britain.....more like Greed Britain..!

- Graham, London

I am finding the situation has improved as it is so easy to park since this charge was introduced.

- Nick Walker, London

Well, really it's just another way to make money out of people trying to spend their money in London. £1-50 is the thin edge of the wedge same as the conjestion charge it will go up and up and up, which does stop people coming into London to work, play, spend their hard earned money. London will loose out with less people coming to Theatre, Cinamar, Resturants etc. Motor bike travel is safer than buses and trains and underground, also quicker, more conveiniant, stop people using Motor Bikes and that will most certanally stop people going out in London. The excuse they need one million for motor bike parking is mad, unreal and lie, BILLIONS is collected in Road Tax is never spent on the Roads that is a FACT, otherwise we would have brilliant Roads in London all over England, other countries but England have this is also a FACT, go and have a look. Nothing has really changed, improved, got better, got cheaper in the last fifty years, same Roads same traffic, same transport. The people in charged of British transport need sacking, like all the bankers, then put in jail, with the possibility of hang them from the highist lamp post so they can see where they have gone wrong, and the people that use the Roads and transport, should decide how to IMPROVE the transport system.
It's not Rocket science The establishment just make money out of us anyway they can, you do not have to be daft to see this. We know were being screwed. Bikers should be encoraged things made better easy nopay

- Jack, Hackney

How I agree with the comments above. I too do not have a mobile phone so how am I expected to pay? There has been no apparent increase in the number of parking bays but a vast outlay on signage. how can it cost £1million punds to paint some lines on the road. I see Boris has introduced an experiement allowing bikes into bus lanes (not before time) so come on Boris scrap this ridiculous charge

- Andy Treadwell, Chatham, England

I'll pay if I can come into London and find a parking space at anytime? Also once the figure of 1 million pounds has been met by people who ride bikes to provide more secure parking bays the charge can be stopped! Somehow I think this charge is here to stay and will probably go up next year?

- Nigel Mchugh, London

What a bunch of thieves. We are bombarded with stealth tax on fuel, vat, council, etc...., and what do get in return? More charges and a poorer service than before. Were exactly does all our tax money go? I can not see any of the basics improving, ie:roads, police & medical.
The public transport system is a joke. It stops and start in its own whim.
Water, snow, ice & even leaves periodically stops the tube, no wonder we prefer motorbikes.

- Anthony Briggs, london UK

As a Westminster resident you can park your car anywhere on the street for £105 per year. The new charge introduced for motorbikes is £150 per year in specified bays that are few in number(far from peoples homes) and often full. This has nothing to do with the congestion charge as this is applicable to those living outside of the charging zone and who may never indeed to enter it. At least 8 bikes can park in one car parking space. Is this fair? and does this encourage a form of transport that does not cause congestion and is kinder to the environment than a car?

- James Wright, london

I find it incredible that the council is allowed to persecute motor cyclists in this way , how long before there is mismanagement of fines and unscrupulous wardens rubbing their hands with the bonuses they will get, motorbikes ease congestion making it more expensive will revert people back to there cars, just another tax on ordinary people getting on with life. I hope there is a petition against this, I don't ride into London much but how long before all councils start this unworkable plot
I'm not happy, don't vote for these money grabbing people again!

- Will Acton, kingston england

This is just another way of taxing people. Mostly, these riders have opted for a cheaper form of transport (because often they can't afford the Congestion Charge) and are now going to be heavily penalised. What kind of Government have we got? Make no mistake, it is all about money - nothing else. The 'powers that be' will be charging us to breathe next.

- Gloria, London UK

I wish to protest very strongly at the intention to introduce charging for parking motorbikes in designated parking areas. On the part of WCC it is very mean and petty.
I have a small bike (125cc)so that I can get around London cheaply. The road fund tax on low-powered bikes is £15 per annum - surely a recognition that this is a means of transport for those with limited means. The parking charges proposed would cost me quite a lot. Is there really any purpose to this proposal than to raise a small amount of money from a lot of people of moderate means.
I urge WCC to drop these proposed charges as soon as possible and to return to the traditional system of free parking within designated bays. If they continue with the plans do they appreciate the amount of loathing and hatred that will be towards?
Yours etc.,

- Barrie Singleton, London SE3

I travel into town five days a week on a motorbike and you say no increase until more bays and anchor points are installed. Well all I see is bays disappearing and becoming resident parking bays with nice shiny ground anchors, while the rest of us pay for the privilege of having are bikes stolen and scratched because we have no space to park. So where have all the parking spaces gone now every one has got out of there cars and onto bikes.
So to turn a car parking into a bike bay and write solo bike bay this will cost us 1.000 000 £ why. I haven't seen any of the new bays with anchor points or the individual paid for space the same as car owner enjoys. So what have we to feel so happy about the same crammed spot and now I can pay for it. So thanks, for not a lot.

- William Small, London

OUCH... The most expensive City in the world just got even more costly to live and work in. The scooter, motorbikes and 'powered 2-wheelers' were once the way to get around the city. Cost effective, green and quick transportation. That was beauty of these machines. When the congestion charge was introduced there were many other options given to the commuters of London; Bus prices for example were dropped to £1 per journey (then quickly doubled to £2 without an Oyster card).
To charge for motorbikes is just another channel opened up for income. £150 this year is what was probably agreed to be the swallowable amount by commuters in City Hall but what will it be by 2010? £300 or even more? History has shown us that as soon as something has been introduced and accepted (think congestion charge) they will extend charges and areas.
How long will the public be able to be taxed at every turn, being offered nothing in return in the way of a safe and friendly community. I just hope that once the government have had their sticky little mitts in our monthly pay packets this month I will have enough left over to purchase a stab proof vest. I doubt they will bring back policing in the community - not enough pay in it for them. Real criminals can afford the fines you see... As I say....OUCH.

- Neil Church, Limehouse, London.

Am I a snob or what but I do get annoyed when I see all those precious motorcycle parking bays filled to the brim with badly parked scooters and mopeds. I ride a large cruiser and I do quite justifiably feel I have the right to a parking space as well.
Before anyone has a go at me for the size of my bike... I am at liberty to ride what I wish and the same goes for all the persecuted 4x4 owners.

- Lambiek Of Emmeloord, London, UK

It's a bit of a bitter pill to swallow after Boris Johnson's pledges to help motorcycles, ie, using bus lanes and then reneging. I don't use my bike in London, so it does not effect me but I can see other's view that it'll bite their pockets - again.
At least you only have to pay to park and not to drive through - Well, not yet anyway.

- Arthur, London, UK

Enough - I'm leaving my bike for the next month or too at home - will travel in by car - then when really fizzed off - I'm leaving Westminster - hope the knock on effect cripples their local businesses - freedom has gone - congestion is up - as they produce more jobs for themselves and paint more lines on top of lines on top of ... (£1 million! my foot) - it's to pay for more useless tin-pot dictators - who'll spend it on carpets and air conditioning, useless computer systems, golden hand-shakes, inflation busting pay-rises and gold plated pensions for their own - stuff the motorcyclist - only £1.50 (this week - now it's in place - watch it (The congestion for motorcycles is up!)

- Gareth Davies, London, England

Just another tax.

6000 spaces,

1000 @ £150 a year = £150,000
5000 @ £1.50 a day for 5 days a week = £1.95m

So pretty much £2.1m & the phone charges per year.

BTW - was just in Singapore as well and a friend had a warning letter for going 10mph over the speed limit. I know someone in Wales who got the 3 points and fine for going over by 5mph.

This government just takes the biscuit and we are a bunch of muppets.

- Simon, London UK

This country is a joke! The idea should be to encourage people to continue using there bikes not to put them off! Motorbikes are not causing the congestion and the pollution it’s the cars. This is a stealth form of congestion charge, the reason they will not put in place proper congestion charges on bikes is because bikes do not have a front number plate so therefore the electronic automated camera systems will not work accurately! Hence this scheme/idea

The costs start off some what small, but give it 6 months and they will no doubt double over night. The trouble is now this has been done in London, I fear other cities will follow suit. If you calculate the cost per day for 6,000 motorbike parking spaces over a year it’s obscene!

How can it cost them a £1 million pound to put some white paint down on the roads, is it gold paint!

My final last rant, London Transport should be investing more money/time into fixing the flawed security Oyster system rather than organisations trying to sue the researches that found the security flaw! Grrrr

- Steve, West London

I have read all of the above comments and agree with them all wholeheartedly. It's very interesting that NOT ONE PERSON has said they are in favour of this, and for good reason.

How can Westminster Council assume that every biker has a mobile phone would be my first objection. Without one, it won't be possible to get a ticket. Crazy.

Secondly, the telephone number is premium rate, so it will be £1.50 per day for parking plus a few pence for the phone call / text every day. How can the number not be freephone?

Thirdly, look at other cities around the world. They have wider pavements, so bikes can park for free pretty much anywhere. London doesn't enjoy this luxury of space, but there are plenty of areas that could be converted to parking bays for next to nothing. £1m? Whatever!

I could go on and on, but there's no point. The fat cats are laughing laughing at us bikers as they know there's nothing we can do or say. We are meant to be living in a democracy where voters' opinions actually count for something. It's all about the wonga!

Let's all just not pay and see them in court. The defence will be as simple as, 'I don't have a mobile phone' or 'I did text, honest'. They will have to prove we didn't send the text, not us having to prove we did. Innocent until proven guilty. I love it!

- Phil, London, UK

So it's finally happened. The £1.50 daily charge is an outrage. I'll admit, I've had a look at the charging framework and have had no choice but to stump up the £150 annual fee, in the expectation that this isn't the "experimental" scheme that this was billed to be. When I asked about the experimental nature of the scheme, ie on what basis would the experiment be deemed a success or not, the chap at the other end said that as far as he knew, it was a permanent arrangement.

The motorcycle fraternity must respond! This is either congestion charge by the back door, or it's a way of funding the additional parking spaces demanded by the increase in riders into the capital. If it's the latter, where are the extra bays? Since I've paid my £150, I expect to be able to find somewhere to park.
If it's stealth congestion charging, let's show them what congestion really means! Who's up for it?!

- John Jamieson, Wallingford

Ok fellow bikers, here the solution, we all leave our bikes at home on the first day, and take the public transport. It'll bring it to a standstill with the number of people on it. Maybe then they'll realise the reason we use the bikes, and that we are in effect keeping the public transport running, out of our own pockets, by not using it.

- Seth, London

This is a total disgrace.

The logic behind the decision is completely flawed. Apparently they're going to be installing bars in the bays that bikes can be chained to, to reduce insurance premiums - this they use to justify the cost.

If the person who's made this decision had ever picked up a motorcycle chain, they'd realise that they way a LOT and are certainly not suitable for moving around.

If you were able to lift the weight of your motorcycle chain to the bay, your insurance company would not give you a discount for locking it to a bar - again, another falsey.

If they're going to charge for the bays, then forget the bars, and build more bays.

Over the past 5 years they've been gradually reducing the number of bays - this is the reason for the overcrowding in the bays.

Yet another stealth tax, well done, just fill in your direct debit details here, and they'll empty your account....

- Seth, London

It seems that because they can't get the congestion charge out of bike riders, they have come up with yet another way of bleeding us dry!

- Michael, Portsmouth

The effect to increase motorcycle parking bay is insignificant the amount of money Westminster makes from parking and fine. Clearly it's just another money making revenue stream...

- Wayde, London

This is a disgrace.
I have no words.

Westminster council should be ashamed, but this is nothing new. I live in Surrey and would need to use two buses, two trains and the underground to be able to get to work, so I decided to buy a motorcycle few years ago, you can just about go by on a daily basis and now I have to pay to park £ 1.50 a DAY. Why don't you just charge people for the air in Westminster?

- Very Angry Motorcyclist, surrey

Over the last 15 years, Westminster council have been slowly removing motorcycle bays and replacing them with car parking spaces. They have now realised that more motorcycle parking is needed and they are going to make honest hard working Londoners pay for their short-sightedness. Its disgraceful.

- Marc, Surrey

I am appalled that Westminster Council is going to set a precedent and charge motorcyclist to park within central London. Is their next stealth Tax soon to be a charge on those who have to work in central London, perhaps you might consider levying an entry fee in to London? I don’t know how you are getting away with this!

- Luca Settimo, Covent Garden

Westminster Council... Hang your heads in shame!
This parking scheme is outrageous. Greed, Greed, Greed, no other word for it. I think this whole thing is an absolute disgrace. Why do you not just admit that the idea for charging motorcyclists to park is stupid & then scrap the proposed charges.

- Tony, London

I have been informed by Westminister that you must pay via a mobile phone - I don't have one. When asked for alternative means of payment, I was told there was not one.

I now have to complain in writing about an ill thought scheme that is a blatant money grabbing exercise. How are they going to check who has paid? Are more people being employed to walk round every bike, every day checking all the registrations?

London transport is already overcrowded, motorcycles are efficient, green ways to get in and out of London - I don't have the time and energy to cycle 20 miles. I also have to often work very late and have the comfort of knowing my bike is outside to get me home. I personally find waiting for a bus in East London at midnight uncomfortable.

Think again Westminster - your ability to screw things up is beyond belief.

- Theresa Fryer, London

I have not been asking for more parking bays, have never had a problem finding a space near where I work in Westminster and have not been consulted about any costs to cover providing further parking facilities for other bikers. The idea of paying for parking for vehicles that reduce congestion seems quite a bizarre policy. However, if there are particular problems in a particular parts of Westminster then perhaps the bikers in these areas should be consulted to see if they wish to pay for additional parking facilities.

- John Speller, Isleworth, Middlesex

Amazing! Yet another stealth tax by Mr Brown. This is how it starts. A small charge in the beginning so as not to cause too much alarm, and then a year down the line double the charge, and claim environmental moral high ground.

This is preposterous. If you're talking about road safety then get rid of the bicycles too because I dare say that there are more accidents involving bicycles than motorbikes annually.

Not surprising they haven't exactly publicised their plans with too much vigour yet either...

- Rob Conroy, London

Bus in morning traffic does more polluting, than I do in a week with my scooter! That's why I and other bike users pay £15 a year for road tax. It's not about pollution it's about making more money for council to spend not on bikes, but something else, that will benefit somebody else, but not bikers.
By the way, when it comes to money, we get law asap, but when trying to get bus lines for bikers as well. It takes 2 years to get everything sorted and no, bikes will not slow your slow and late buses. People on 2 wheels will understand me.

- Don, London

I bike to London every day and came accross this by chance.
I would bet that there are a huge number of bikers who have never heard of this proposed charge. Most bikers spend about £10 a week on fuel - £1.50 a day charge means an extra £7.50 a week! And to be fair there are so many perfect places where bike bays could be created with no impact - how much does some paint cost?
The most worrying thing is that once one council does it they all will.
So much for saving the environment by reducing car use and the strain on the public transport system.

- Paul, Putney, London

They want people to not use their cars, and this is the help they give! Why will it cost £1million to mark some car spaces with M/C in the middle.

Councils need to do what they say they will an dthat is help people use public transport and less polluting bikes!

- Chuck, Bristol

I bought a scooter so that I could do my bit for the environment seeing this as a good alternative to using the car and avoiding the already overcrowded tubes and trains. I'm interested to know how does Westminster Council intend to track who has paid and who has not? I can't think of anywhere to put or display a ticket without it being stolen or removed by another scooterist or motorcyclist. Well done whoever thought this one up.

- Vicky, London

It's not just Westminster. Kensington are planning to follow suit, but enforcing residents permits rather than pay and display, on the assumption that most bikers are residents, not visitors. And that won't change when the c-charge hits in Feb, now will it?
They also claim that bikers want security, but this is arguable if it means less parking space due to less efficiency of space. Also, the existing charge of £18 will rise sharply to a whopping £50. Permit holders will only be able to park in residents bike bays, rather than choosing any residential parking space, as currently.
There has been no meaningful consultation, very few bikers, and obviously no media, are aware of this. The "consultatiton" period ends on 5th Jan, email us for a letter of objection and further details. saynotobikepermits@yahoo.co.uk

- Catherine, Kensington, London

Where will the government let off on taxation. They seem to be going in a round about way solving this global warming problem. Motorcycles are less harmful but we motorcyclists are being punished. In the article it said that it will cost a million pounds. So with 111,000 motorcyclists on the road in london it'll cost each of us £9.009009009 each. Where does the £150 come from? I presume the £141 goes to the expenses accounts of our concil men. Please remember that the increase in city pay only went to a few people in london.

- Jonathan Omigie, kent

This is about what I've come to expect from Westminster Council - They seem hell bent on ensuring that any form of Transport earns them a revenue.

It's strange how so many bike bays have been removed recently to be replaced with ... double yellow lines.

- Russ, London, UK

I think this is just another way for westminster council to bring in more revenue. As they have lost so much money from parking meters since the congestion charge started, they see motorcycles as an easy target. You may think £1.50 is not much to pay, but I bet as soon as people get used to paying the charge, it will start to rise just like the congestion charge did. Also I expect they will have a numbered parking bay for each bike to prove you have paid (they experimented with this once before outside St James park tube station) which in that case, meant there was less room to park as all the bikes were more spaced apart.

- Geoff, London, England

This is outrageous. We can not let this happen. It is a gross injustice. Where will this stop with Westminster Council? A tax on pedestrians? Some bicyles go faster than my little scooter. This is a disgusting propsal by a disgustingly greedy Council.

- Charles Baker, LONDON, UK

How exactly can you enforce this? On a car, you can buy a parking ticket and stick it your windscreen. On a bike, someone will simply come along and rip it off of your bike.

Surely the congestion charge was intended to have a dual role (1) to reduce the number of cars and (2) to provide revenue to a fund to encourage alternative forms of transport - including mopeds/motorcycles. Why can this not be used to fund the parking spaces instead?

- Steve Blighton, Chichester

Its mad! I have only recently purchased a London Bike Parking Guide as I am already finding it hard to park my scooter in many parts of London. I understand Kensington & Chelsea are introducing permits to park your scooter there, now Westminster.

Its hard to be green in London. I cycle to work a lot, but sometimes the scooter is the best way for me to get between meetings within a reliable time frame and on time. I had condsidered an electric car, but I was informed by my council that I should not have wires accross the pavement and it is impossible to secure a space directly outside my house to avoid cables over large distances of the pavement..

Its seems to be made harder and harder to commute.

- Mike Hudson, London

I live and work in Westminster and feel that this type of parking charge is just as bad as the C-Charge. It just goes to show you that we will as law abiding citizens always have to pay some form of tax until the day we die.

I would also like to discuss with Westminster why the parking inspectors always seem to place a fine on my bike even though I am parked in scooter bay. I pay my insurance and road tax but somehow I always seem to get a fine. I then have to go through the entire process of having to write to Westminster to then have the fine cancelled. Maybe with the money we will have to pay for parking our scooters Westminster will be able to hire some intelligent parking inspectors.

I am a bitter man when all I want to do is enjoy the country I live in and the council to which I pay my council tax to. What about the residents that’s all I have to say.

Keep on taxing Westminster

- Domenic, Westminster, London

I can't actually believe these people would be so stupid as to go through with this, but it just goes to show that tory councils are as bad as any labour ones when it comes to taxation, or worse when you consider the revenue Westminster Council gets from one of the most expensive areas on earth.

- Jason, Stepney, London

It makes you sick doesn't it, that these sorts of decisions are usually made by people the least affected by it. Politicians and councillors ferried to and from work in huge, luxury cars owned and probably paid for by these very taxes.

I think this demonstrates another aspect of London in that all these authorities can not (or probably "will not") coordinate their efforts. On the one hand we have people making it more expensive to drive into London, in an effort to persuade peope to use public transport. On the other we have people putting up public transport prices, because there are too many passengers and they need the revenue to improve services, which of course is going to force more people back onto their own transport. We can see this leading to further C-charges to keep this see-saw going can't we?

As a scooterist trying to do my bit for keeping congestion down and doing my bit for the environment, this is just a slap in the face. If Westminster's way of saying thanks to me for doing my part is to charge me, then they can stuff it! If I'm going to have to pay anyway, why bother to make this effort, I might as well get a car again.

Good thinking whoever thought this one up, I hope it's terminal to your career!

- Stephen, London, England

A disgraceful plan by Westminster. It will help drive businesses away from London. The tubes and trains from South West London are too full to board during the rush hour. I can see an argument for charging some superbikes that have engines as big as small cars, but scooters that do well over 100 miles per gallon? It's just greed.

- Andrew, Putney

Also in many areas they keep reducing the amount of spaces after relaying the roads, and putting double yellow lines in place. I'm also confused at so called traffic calming schemes. In two places I know, major arterial roads into London have been relayed and now go from two lanes into one, then back in two after the lights, causing massive congestion for no apparent reason. It's as though the people who design the roads and parking spaces want to make London worse for congestion.

- Nick, London

Honestly I despair, motorcycles are probably one of the greenest options for commuting in the capital. The modern fuel injected bikes and scooters are frugal on petrol, have a tiny footprint on the roads, and are always minimum 50% occupancy. Westminster just shows that another council is paying lip service to green issues whilst trying to make a quick buck. Disgraceful.

- Glover, england

Unsurprising news given the Government and council’s endless pursuit of tax revenue. I am likely to begrudgingly pay for an annual parking ticket given the ghastly alternative ... the tube.

However I will be disappointed if the charge affects small engined mopeds as they are reckoned to be the ‘cleanest’ form of motorised transport. I could live with a charge imparted onto large ‘touring’ motorbikes as, for one, the are pretty bulky and two, I have a Vespa!

- Stuart, London

Disgusting the greediness of the council is unbelievable!

- Federica, London

The whole point of congestion charging is to get cars out of the centre of london and get more free flowing taffic and decrease the levels of pollution in the air. This is just another way of taxing the already over taxed workers on this country.

- Guy Hollidge, Leicester

Disgusting, and where do we display the ticket.

- Patrick Hennessey, Chelmsford, Essex

People seem to be forgetting that councils run their own parking schemes - it has nothing to do with Ken. Westminister have always been money grabbing tyrants - that is why they can keep their council tax so low helping all the wealthy celebs and tory voters they have in the borough.

Maybe they should be forced to provide a percentage of spaces for bikes - that are free of charge.

- Lawrence, London

What a well intergrated transport policy this country has, just keep pricing everyone of the roads trains and buses, well done.

- Brian, Swindon

Now its winter and a bit colder there seem to be a lot of spaces around, maybe it should only be summer tax. Have they ever thought of reducing the amount of yellow lines to increase space, many seem to be there for absolutely no reason.

- Simon, London

Can I just ask, when will the air tax be introduced?

- Tobin, Andover

So you park your motorbike in a bay go to the ticket machine and pay, stick the ticket to you bike and go off to work. Meanwhile someone else parks in the bay next to your bike and removes you parking ticket and puts it on their bike. How are they possibly going to enforce this ridiculous scheme when there is no secure way of displaying that you have paid to park.

- John, London

Another example of the lack of joined up thinking from the money grabbing bureaucrats who run the country. Congestion charge was "sold" on the basis of reducing car traffic so now we increase the parking charges to those moving to motor bikes and also increase train fares at peak times. What a shambles!

- Andrew, Teddington

Whilst I welcome Westminster's plan to increase the number of motorcycle parking spaces, I would have liked to have seen more indepth research before they decided to go ahead with the decision to charge bikers to park. Their own surveys into charging for motorcycle parking indicated that there is huge opposition to the proposals (in one survey only 12% of bikers said they would be willing to pay). It seems totally contradictory to encourage commuters to use motorcycles and scooters by exempting them from the Congestion Charge but then charge them to park. Councils should encourage travel by motorcycles which will partially address the problem of congestion (congestion results in high cost to business in lost time, pollution and increased stress to those who experience it).

- Will, UK

They have also reduced the number of bays in the city and replaced them with car parking bays... money money money.

- Ben, London

This is a digraceful attempt to get yet more tax money. One million for a couple of tins of paint? Seriously go to B&Q and get their value brand or something, 2 wheeled riding is far greener than cars, taxis and the legions of empty buses that take up all the road space in the west end yet they want to charge you for it? Where are you supposed to put the ticket? Or are they going to put a parking attendant at every m/c bay to ensure thefts dont occur??

This is an absolute joke from one of the richest councils in the country, I'm off to buy a 4x4 - at least I'll be warm, dry and safe...

- Jason, London, UK

I know of at least two large parking bays (holding at least 30 bikes each) that have been removed in the past year in the Covent Garden area- this probably helps with the general lack of spaces!

- Paul, kensington, london

If motorbikes pay, why not bicycles too?

- Pascal, North Yorkshire

Just another way to make more money. A few years down the line and this will soar out of all proportion and you can guarantee that they will also implement the c - charge for bikes very shortly. This government must be the greediest of all time and they allow the councils to charge what ever they like so I will never ever, ever, ever vote labour again. Labour has just lied and cheated the tax payers from day one and has never really had any intentions of sorting out the roads and traffic congestion of this crummy city. The moment they see people using a vehicle that is successful they immediately pounce with their greedy sticky fingers. One million pounds to fit new bays is nothing compared to what they make from the C-charge so why not use some of that money to lay down a bit of tarmac and a few white lines. The government keep talking about a being green well I think we all know now that as far as they are concerned green equals tax.

- Steve, London, England

An acceptable £150 now, but how much will it be 3 years down the line? Thin edge of the wedge.

- Stephen, Guildford

Why isn't money generated from the congestion charge used to make extra motorcycle parking bays?

- Andy, London

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