Government Plans for Lorry Road-User Charging in the UK: A Critique and an Alternative

The British government was planning to introduce a system of road-user charging for lorries in 2008. In July 2005, it decided to abandon these plans and incorporate the development of a charging scheme for trucks into a future road pricing system for all categories of traffic. This paper examines the objectives of the proposed lorry road-user charging scheme in the UK and argues that the government's plans for LRUC would have been inappropriate. An alternative method of road-user charging for lorries is proposed which would meet the main objectives of LRUC at much lower cost, disruption and risk and act as an interim measure until it is possible, technically and politically, to introduce general road pricing in the UK.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VGG-4HG6H8D-2/2/5d7fceaa47bda8add4a2c2609d6ef92a
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/29485010
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • McKinnon, Alan C
• Publication Date: 2006-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 204-216
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Congestion management systems; Congestion pricing; Detection and identification system applications; Digital maps; Distance measuring equipment; Fuel taxes; Global Positioning System; Highway user taxation; Policy; Rate, fare and toll collection; Taxation; Tolls; Traffic congestion; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distance-based taxation; Occasional travelers; Road user charging
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026624
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 3 2006 8:11AM