# Submitted by Spinster (not verified) on Monday, 21 Apr 2008.
They have had an ERP system in Singapore for years now, and it seamlessly plucks a few dollars from your pocket each time you pass under a gantry. The system works well at keeping traffic in the downtown to a manageable level. It could work in Wellington, but there is one major difference: Singapore has the most fantastic public transport system. A vast network of clean, safe and cheap commuter trains can be counted on to arrive on schedule. And by that, I mean to the SECOND. Unless there is an efficient public transport system in place before congestion charging is introduced, the working stiffs of Wellington will continue to use their cars and mumble darkly as they are gouged again.
They have had an ERP system in Singapore for years now, and it seamlessly plucks a few dollars from your pocket each time you pass under a gantry. The system works well at keeping traffic in the downtown to a manageable level. It could work in Wellington, but there is one major difference: Singapore has the most fantastic public transport system. A vast network of clean, safe and cheap commuter trains can be counted on to arrive on schedule. And by that, I mean to the SECOND. Unless there is an efficient public transport system in place before congestion charging is introduced, the working stiffs of Wellington will continue to use their cars and mumble darkly as they are gouged again.