London Mayor Ken Livingstone Profiled

London's mayor takes on the traffic challenge by expanding his congestion pricing experiment into West London -- an area with posh shopping areas and celebrity townhouses.

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February 19, 2007, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"He's an environmentalist, a leftist, a lover of newts. He is also the mayor of London, a man who once called U.S. President George W. Bush corrupt, who would prefer that his constituents didn't flush their toilets so much, and who introduced a controversial road congestion charge.

...Livingstone isn't bothered by the criticism of his policies or his tactics, saying he is determined to reduce traffic and environmental damage."

Thanks to Ashwani Vasishth

FULL STORY: London mayor wages war on traffic

Friday, February 16, 2007 in CNN

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