Road User Charging in the UK: The Policy Prospects

This chapter describes how congestion charging has been on the policy agenda in the United Kingdom (UK) since the early 1960s, but it was not until the Blair government, elected in 1997, identified it as a way of “breaking the logjam” of congested roads. The primary purpose of this chapter it to review the development of changes in policy since 1997 and to identify the key policy drivers that might jumpstart extensions of road charging to cities outside London in the decade or two. A major one might be using charges as a means of reducing the need for new highway investments.

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  Edward Elgar Publishers

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• Authors:
  • Richards, Martin G
• Publication Date: 2008-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 118-137
• Monograph Title: Road Congestion Pricing in Europe. Implications for the United States

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Congestion pricing; Policy making; Policy, legislation and regulation; Rates, fares and tolls; Road pricing; Toll roads; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; User charges
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109773
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781847203809
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 2008 7:16AM