Campaigning for a Manchester congestion charge, YouTube style

A postal referendum is currently taking place on proposals for a Manchester congestion charge, with the ballot closing on 11 December. The campaign has reached YouTube as this clip shows (and it’s a typical sign of the times that people’s reaction to the events in the clip is to whip out their mobile phones to take photos):

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  • Liam Pennington 14th Nov '08 - 4:49pm

    I hope the “yes” vote wins. We need to promote public transport use by any means possible.

    The car won’t get you very far when the M60 is a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam

  • Artie Fufkin 23rd Nov '08 - 3:46pm

    The video is pretty but says nothing. THe we vote ‘Yes’ campaign has been poor, the posters with selfish people explaining why they are alright jack seems to sum up the reson for a yes vote.

    It hurts the professional people and causes an econmic headache.

    A ‘NO’ vote does not mean we are against public transport but the TIF bochure is at best misleading, we could say it’s a big lie.

    The traffic levels in Manchester have fallen nearly 10% in 10 years so why attack the private motorist? The revenue promised in the brochure simply is not achievable without a huge increase in cars from hte current level. The adverse effect on the economy is scary and the environmental impact could be adverse.

    There are some very easy wins yet instead we are being forced into the very expensive plan in the TIF brochure. I’ve looked and almost £900,000,000 of the £1.1bn loan is being allocated to spending on items that will not add one train, bus, tram or add any roadspace whatsoever.

    Vote No for me.

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