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Editorial, road user charging
journal contribution
posted on 2009-03-16, 14:11 authored by Stephen Ison, Howard PotterThe chief purpose of road user charging is to tackle congestion and
to bring about a more efficient use of the road network. Other
objectives can include revenue raising and the funding of
transport improvements. Some of the problems encountered in
progressing road user charging are due to the lack of clarity of
these objectives. It is not a new concept and can be traced back in
the economic literature to the work of such as Pigou1 and
Walters.2 It also received attention with the publication by the UK
Ministry of Transport3 in 1964 of what became known as the
Smeed Report. This report focused on the economic and technical
possibilities of road pricing. While there is a great deal of literature
relating to road user charging there are very few schemes in
existence worldwide, which is due in no small measure to its lack
of public acceptability.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
ISON, S.G. and POTTER, H., 2008. Editorial, road user charging. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Transport, 161 (3), pp. 101Publisher
© Thomas TelfordVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2008Notes
This editorial was published in the journal, Proceedings of ICE, Transport [© Thomas Telford] and is also available at: http://www.thomastelford.com/journals/ISSN
0965-092XLanguage
- en