Restrict licenses, restrict trade, raise prices, and then what?
here we go again.
This time it is "Congestion Charge". Its name sounds quite foreign, as if once you collect the money, the road will be smooth. When the news came out in 2013, the Internet exploded. Even now when I mention this, I still feel depressed and panicked.
Really, I just want to ask, why?
Who on earth caused Beijing to become like this?
Experts say that this situation is called "lazy political thinking." However, I feel that this is not something that can be clearly determined by simply judging whether one is lazy or not. Instead, the task of managing congestion has been turned into an act similar to cutting leeks - if it doesn't work once, just use another sickle and continue.
Lottery? Okay, the whole family joins in, and after three years of lottery winning, the winning rate is as good as winning the lottery.
If you encounter traffic restrictions, then buy a more affordable car, drive one on odd-number days, and drive another one on even-number days. However, the end result is that you have two cars parked at home, which takes up even more space.
If the parking fee is going to increase like this, then okay, just park the car on the side of the road, play that clever hide-and-seek game with the traffic police, and treat the final ticket as the parking fee that has already been paid.
All the strategies have been used up, the road is still the same, the vehicles are still the same, and the number has even increased. Then he suddenly slapped his head and said: Let's charge congestion charges!
There is a feeling that there is a water leak somewhere in your home, but instead of repairing the water pipe, you hold a basin and stand under the leaking point to collect the water, and then charge the so-called "water collection fee" to other people in the home.
Rich people don't care, working people can't afford it
Some people say, don’t both Singapore and London accept it? Others can accept it, but we can’t?
However, please open your eyes and take a look. First take a look at London, and then take a look at who actually lives in the central city. Then come back and take a look at this place. What kind of vehicles are driving in the Second Ring Road?
There were some with white plates and police lights on, and they stepped on the accelerator as hard as they could. Whose oil was it burning? People don’t care about the congestion charge of tens of dollars, right? Those who care are the office workers who got up from Tongzhou and Tiantongyuan early in the morning, biting pancakes and fruit, and rushed to check in.
When people charge ten yuan, they don't even raise their eyes. When the salary is 100 yuan, a small portion of the monthly salary of the working class will be removed. The final result is that the roads are still blocked and buses are still running. Those who are really restricted are the ordinary people who gritted their teeth and bought cars in order to save their wives and children from the cold.
Is this fair?
The money is collected, what next?
What makes people mutter even more is, what is the purpose of collecting this money?
Previously, parking fees had increased, and it was claimed that the "two lines of revenue and expenditure" would be followed, aiming to apply it to the development of public transportation. However, after so many years, the buses are still so crowded and the subways are still being built step by step. Who has pocketed the huge amount of parking fees? How many accounts are clear?
Now a "congestion charge" has been added. Is it necessary to set up a brand new project, raise a group of people, and install a bunch of probes? In the end, all the money was spent, but the roads became more congested, and then I told you: Do we still need to study the toll standards?
Can we stop staring at people's wallets all the time?
I really don’t understand. Is the only way to control congestion really just “charging fees”?
Is the congestion in Beijing really caused only by the large number of private cars? Go and take a look. The queues of vehicles at the entrances of large hospitals can be jammed from six o'clock in the morning to noon. Why is this? The reason is that the number of high-quality hospitals is extremely limited and they are all concentrated in the central areas of the city. If you look at the surrounding areas of key primary schools, whenever school is over, the road instantly turns into a parking lot. Why is this? That's because educational resources are unevenly distributed.
Why should ordinary car owners have to bear the consequences of the problems in urban planning, the phenomenon of over-concentration of functions, and the rampant use of privileged cars? This is unreasonable and should not happen!
The knots in my heart are harder to resolve than the traffic jams on the road
To be fair, not everyone is an unreasonable person. If the roads can be smoothed and the air can be purified clean and refreshing, then even paying a small fee is not absolutely unacceptable.
But the question is, before you charge, can you first take care of those buses that are lying motionless? Can we take the lead in managing public transportation in a decent manner instead of making people crowded like sardines? Also, can you tell us how you plan to spend this fee after it is collected, and what areas it will be spent on?
If none of these can be achieved, then don’t blame the people for denouncing the so-called “congestion charge” as “buying road money.”
If the knot in my heart is not untangled, the knot on the road will never be untangled.
So be it.
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