Rosalind Thacker
Social Video Producer
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Rosalind Thacker is the Social Media Manager for the ºÚÁÏÌìÌà 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
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.