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Traffic can adapt, if there's an increase number of congestion, it'll force people to rethink their transport choice/route.

It happen during the Olympic where the first few days were chaos, after that, a sudden increase in bicycle purchases, change transport mode to buses, tube, walking etc. and it pretty much fixed itself.

Traffic evaporation ftw!

Can't wait to put those words of wisdom to use on Monday during peak period.

Cheers ed!

I concede it is true.

This is why there is no traffic whatsoever at around Knightsbridge.

None at all, as everyone re-thought their transport choice and route.

Congestion only ever creeps up to a certain level. After that, the first people will find it intolerable and switch modes. Others will be able to tolerate it more and will remain stuck in the queues.

Knightsbridge is a good example of what happens if you actively incentivise driving, i.e. the opposite of what we're suggesting. The City of Westminster collects a very high share of its revenue from car parking, one of the most damaging transport policies in existence in the capital. It still aims to increase motor traffic capacity in order to boost that revenue. As a result, they attract much less traffic than they could--Knightsbridge in planning terms is classed as one of London's two International Centres, i.e. its biggest and most powerful. Some people commute there by plane. However, its potential would be even greater if they changed the modal mix in favour of other modes of transport.