UK To Ditch Road-Pricing Plans
17 October 2007 - 6:00am
Plans to roll out a nationwide road-pricing system in the UK may be dropped.
"A national road-pricing scheme that would have cost motorists up to £1.30 a mile is to be shelved, it was claimed today."
"Road pricing proposals have proved unpopular with motorists, triggering a petition on the Downing Street website signed by 1.8 million people and a campaign by the Telegraph calling for the plans to be ditched."
"The U-turn is expected to be announced this week in the Department for Transport's response to a parliamentary committee's report into the draft local transport bill."
"The legislation aims to encourage local authorities to introduce traffic-busting schemes in their areas, including congestion charging."
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Road-pricing plans 'to be shelved'
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The Guardian, October 15, 2007
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UK Road Pricing
The Liberal Democrats' transport spokeswoman, Susan Kramer, accused the government of "ducking" national road pricing because of fears of a political backlash.
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"Local pricing schemes will actually end up costing the motorist more, whereas national road pricing would be offset by cuts in fuel duty and vehicle excise duty."
If that is the plan, then national road pricing would not decrease auto use. Reduced driving because of higher cost in congested areas would be balanced by increased driving because of lower cost in non-congested areas.
If that is in the plan, then national road pricing also would not generate funding for alternative transportation to accommodate people in congested areas who have to drive less.
I don't know if this is the actual road-pricing plan that Labour had proposed, or if this is the Liberal Democrats idea of what road pricing should be. It obviously would not work in congested areas, where there would not be enough alternatives to accommodate former drivers.
Charles Siegel