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London

* Price of petrol: Rs 64 per litre.

* Price of diesel: Rs 62 per litre.

* Typical annual tax: Rs 14,400.

* Entry into central London: Rs 400 per day.

* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 160-480.

Singapore

* One-time registration fee: 150 per cent of the car value.

* Licence fees: 20 per cent of the car value.

* Annual tax: Rs 30,000-75,000 based on engine size

* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 30-90.

* Tolls for using expressways: ** Collects more than Rs 2,500 crore from under 5 lakh cars (Rs 2.5 lakh per car).

* Average car and bus speeds: 40 kmph and 30 kmph (2.5 times of Mumbai).

New York

* One of the lowest rate of car ownership in the US due to excellent public transportation and very high cost of parking.

* Parking charges per-hour: Rs 200-1,200.

* Night parking costs per month: Rs 20,000.

* Annual parking fine collection: $300 million (Rs 1,320 crore) against only Rs 15 crore in Mumbai.

Shanghai

* Average one-time registration fee: $4,600 (varies with engine capacity).

Courtesy: Ashok Datar (Collated from government Web sites, traffic officials and newspaper reports during 2004-2005).

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