The Results Are In...
7th April 2026
Those of you who read our previous blog post will be aware that we were undertaking a proof-of-concept analysis, based on a theoretical deployment of Congestless within London’s Congestion Charge zone (CCZ). We are pleased to announce that this analysis is now complete and, in this blog post, we have published a summary of our findings. The full methodology and results can be found here.
The graph above shows the estimated reduction in average journey times at various uptake levels of Congestless. As you can see, our analysis suggests that Congestless could reduce average journey times by a whopping 10%.
It is also interesting to note that this graph shows diminishing returns as uptake increases. If this holds true in the real world, it would significantly widen the potential use cases for Congestless, as meaningful congestion benefits could still be achieved even in situations where high uptake is not feasible.
How valuable are these time savings?
The baseline scenario contained a cumulative total of 18,899 PCU-hours during the AM peak, so a 10% reduction in average journey times would see 1,890 PCU-hours saved each morning. This works out as a total of 478,170 PCU-hours saved across the year’s 253 working days.
INRIX values travel time at £9.33/hr in the UK, so, if we assume that our analysis’ time saving estimates could be achieved in a real-world deployment of Congestless, this would result in approximately £4.5 million being saved each year in the CCZ alone!
However, this estimate does not take into account the following: 1) a real-world deployment of Congestless would probably involve operating during all charging hours, not just the weekday AM peak; 2) the value of travel time in Central London is likely to be greater than the UK average; and 3) we expect the total number of drivers and passengers to exceed the total number of PCUs, so the number of person-hours saved should exceed the above estimate. Taking this into consideration, we believe that deploying Congestless within the CCZ could reasonably generate in excess of £20 million per year.
What’s next?
We are now keen to put theory into practice, but we acknowledge that this is not something we can achieve alone. Therefore, we are currently looking for investors, co-founders, pilot partners, etc. who share our vision and would like to join us on this journey. If this resonates with you, please reach out to us.