If road charging is inevitable, what’s the fairest way of administering it?
Stuck in Traffic
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The bumper-to-bumper commuter traffic in the greater London area is among the worst in Europe. With chronic underinvestment in infrastructure since the second world war, Britain today is under-roaded by a factor of at least two compared with road use in other industrial countries. How Britain deals with its coming explosion in congestion over the next decade or so could have important implications for gridlock globally.
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Listen to the podcast: Cost of congestion
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Stephen Glaister CBE, professor of transport and infrastructure at Imperial College in London, outlines the options available for curbing congestion.
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if road charging is used to counteract the effect of congestion but that no effort is made on developing viable public transport alternatives, aren't we going to see a trend where industries delocalise into countryside or even abroad and cities end up being some kind of high market place for high flyers executives and tourists, thus creating a real social disconnect?
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