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Article: 'I'm not paying 25 a week to take my daughter to school' Congestion Charge
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 23, 2001
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ROBERT MCAULEY, 54, lives with his wife, Patricia, 46, and 11-
year-old daughter Robin near Baker Street Tube station, writes Indira
Das-Gupta.
Robert, who is a graphic designer, walks to work in Marble Arch,
as does his wife who works near home.
But he is concerned about congestion charges because he drives his
daughter to and from her school every day.
He said: "Robin is about to start at Francis Holland School in
Sloane Square. It would involve her taking two buses or the Tube, so
my wife and I plan to take it in turns to take her there and pick her
up.
"I used to go to school by myself when I was her age, but then I
didn't live in central London. I just think that at the moment she ...