congestion charge

plural congestion charges

1. transportA charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city.

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   In a paper published for an emergency finance committee meeting on May 12, TfL says it costs around £600 million a month to run its network, but that income has fallen by 90% since the lockdown began. As well as a decline in public transport revenue, London's congestion charge has been suspended to allow key workers to use the road network.

   2020 May 20, Andrew Roden, “Transport for London fears £3.2bn funding gap”, in Rail, page 8