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Rosalind Thacker

Social Video Producer

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Rosalind Thacker is the Social Media Manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation based in London. Rosalind produces social video content for all of Context’s social media platforms. Before joining the foundation, Rosalind was a social producer at Insider and Business Insider.

June 19, 2025

Why London traffic is still so bad, even after congestion pricingGreen Cities
An illustration from the Context video Why London’s traffic is still so bad, even after congestion pricing

London introduced congestion pricing over 20 years ago to tackle some of the world's worst traffic. Today, on average, drivers still spend 101 hours a year stuck in gridlock – so why is the once-controversial £15 daily charge more popular than ever?

While the charge hasn't eliminated congestion, and it's made an expensive city even more expensive, it has quietly transformed London in other ways: funnelling over £2.6 billion into public transport improvements and reducing air pollution.

Watch in full (4 minutes)