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12,000 drivers a day are avoiding Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls, TfL reveals

www.standard.co.uk 12,000 drivers a day are avoiding Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel tolls, TfL reveals

TfL has said that initial data shows there has been a significant increase in cross-river bus use at the Silvertown Tunnel and Blackwall Tunnel, while individual journeys have dropped

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TfL data also found that the number of people taking buses that travel through the tunnels has increased.

On an average day, 20,000 passengers use the 108, and the new 129 and Superloop 4 buses, with 7,000 journeys involving crossing the river using one of the tunnels

And

However, TfL said it was aware of some increased traffic volumes at other river crossings, including the Woolwich Ferry.

So... good?
- The increased use of public transport is good, moving people onto the ferry, not so much.
  
  The ferry runs whether it's full or not and pedestrians and cyclists ride for free. It's a more efficient distribution of resources, if nothing else.
Recoup it from the scrap value of their vehicles, whether they “need it to earn a living” or not.
- lol you misunderstand - they're saying car journeys through the tunnels have dropped by 12,000 cars per day, not that that many cars are somehow dodging the tolls

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