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Cheers matey 👍

I think we shall have to wait and see what negative effects arise but I would say two things. Firstly, that the increase in uptake of bus journeys is a net good and secondly what a pleasure it has been to debate a subject like transport infrastructure, without hyperbole, and with someone who has both a personal interest and specific knowledge of the subject at hand. I'm having a little turn-of-the-century-style-internet moment.

The ferry spaces are finite and I'm guessing that if everyone chose to use it there would be queues which would negate the advantage of it being free. Further to this haulage firms will no doubt calculate the speed of passage through London and pay the tolls and pass the cost on to their customers. Lorries containing hazardous chemicals aren't allowed on the ferry so that a certain quantity of commercial traffic is guaranteed to be still using the tunnel crossings.

Traffic coming off the ferry will be mostly routed through the A205 and A206 which are major arterial roads and as capable of handling the traffic as the A102 which now accommodates traffic from both the Silvertown and Blackwall Tunnels.

Also the Rotherhithe Tunnel is still free to use although it is within the congestion charge zone.

Traffic has to go somewhere and it's better that it's evenly distributed amongst the crossings than all building up in one place. Do you live in Woolwich?

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.

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?

Have to point it away from the house though or:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4493713.stm

You're finally talking sense.

And "Rookie Mistake"? Is that Kipling too?

Why did you start this post with the American phrase "Rookie mistake"? You probably thought that it pithily encapsulated something to do with your point. Or maybe you're just a... what is it you young people say? A "memelord"?

Becky Guy said her daughter and her dog are often in the garden

If the choice is between endlessly letting reckless drivers crash into your hedge and hoping that they don't injure anyone else while waiting for the council to do its damn job and put a speed restriction up and running the risk of said reckless drivers sustaining more serious injuries then I think that in that imperfect world I might invoke caveat rector.

The endless cycle of government:

Business People: We are being strangled by regulation
Politicians: We will free the creative genius of the nation by making a bonfire of red-tape
Everyone: Oh no! lack of regulation means all the business people are turning the environment to shit!
Politicians: We will toughen regulation to protect the environment and the population again.
Business People: Waaaaaah! Throws rattle out of pram.

(That's enough endless cycle - ed.)