Congestion charging in London - The policy and the politics

This book describes the introduction of the congestion charge in London, explaining the rationale for road pricing, ways of implementation, traffic restraint before the Mayor of London, experience in other parts of the World, the establishment of the Greater London Council, the Mayor's Transport strategy for London, the Mayor's congestion charging scheme, implementation, scrutiny of the scheme by the London Assembly, attitudes of various stakeholders, the first year of operation, lessons learned from the implementation of congestion charging, and the future, including the possibility of a national road pricing scheme in the UK.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Palgrave Macmillan

  Brunel Road Building, Houndsmill
  Basingstoke, Hampshire  United Kingdom  RG21 6XS
• Authors:
  • Richards, M G
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: xvii + 303p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Economics; Road pricing; Textbooks; Transportation; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 263: Economics of transport; 240: Road pricing; 8526: Textbook; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-4039-3240-9
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:14PM