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eginning and termination of the Stockholm trial were small, and statistically not significant,
within the groups which confirms the conclusions from other surveys done by HUI. Those
who lived within the congestion charge zone mainly did their purchases within the congestion
charge zone while those who lived outside the congestion charge zone mainly did their
purchase outside the zone. The proportion which said they did their purchases during the time
of charge by car, and therefore paid the congestion charge as they did their purchases, were
approximately 3 percent.
Is the congestion charge a threat to retailing in Stockholm city? The congestion charge
programme can only give us an answer to the short-term effects of the congestion charge. The
survey above showed that the effects on retail trade were small which were interpreted as a
result of the person living within the charge zone was motorized only to a limited extent.
Knowing that the programme was time limited could possibly have contributed to the fact that
the consumers did not change their purchasing habits particularly during the Stockholm trial
which could have been the case if the congestion charge was permanent from the beginning.
The experiences from London, where the congestion charge has existed since 2003 and where
the local authorities both have increased the charge and expanded the charge zone, show that
the congestion charge is of marginal importance for the development of retail sales within the
charge zone. The reason for this is simple: the characteristics of retail trade combined with
high parking fees within the charge zone leads to the consumer living in the city not being
motorized but use other means of transport when doing their purchases.
This is a result which is similar to Stockholm city, why congestion charge seems to compose a
limited threat to the development of retail sales in Stockholm city. Of greater importance to
the development of retail sales in Stockholm city is the structural change which the retail trade
in the Stockholm area is undergoing.
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