Tolls on inner city driving should be introduced to decrease congestion?

On average, everyone disagrees with significant nonconsensus between 37 voters.

Reasons To Disagree

What idiot dreamed this up? Who seriously thinks this will decrease congestion? In actual fact it will INCREASE congestion as traffic slows to pay tolls and traffic backs up behind the toll points. Additionally it will further penalise businesses who have to have access to roads to work - this in turn will lead to an increase in prices that will simply penalise everyday NZ's more and more. The answer to problems is NOT to continually charge more for things - this is way toward massive inflation and economic depression.

People already pay rates, road user charges and petrol tax. They're still driving. A congestion tax is NOT going to work except to make the government richer and the people poorer. The added costs from freighters etc will be again be passed on to the consumer so that the people end up actually being hit x2 plus whatever they end up paying to get anywhere. Road transport is not a luxury in this modern lifestyle - it's a necessity.

conjestion is in direct relation to school start and finish times workers start and finish times, fluctuate these times and waalaah you solve the problem

This type of toll is not a solution, it's merely a tax that impacts low income people. Mass transit should be built to relieve congestion.

All that would do is stop them going into the city and businesses would suffer. Try moving the CBD to Newmarket might be a better solution.

Reasons To Agree

agreed toll gates create congestion, but there are many new technologies to achieve the same ends now... so long as the admin cost of collection doesn't excceed 10% of the money raised, then i think its a good thing... Think how much more quickly you will get to work if others choose not to drive. Your $1 could subsidise better roads and more public transport and the public transport will be better off anyhow because of increased patronage... basically everyones a winner... i'd prefer to pay $1 to spend less time in my car, and more time earning money.. also better a $1 spent on productive infrastructure, than a $1 wasted on car fumes from idling on the motorway at 0kms/hr

Massively. And a heavy tax on inner city parking except for residents. Use the income to fund efficient and comfortable public transport.