Experiences of congestion and attitudes to road pricing
Introduction
This article summarises people's experiences of road congestion and their attitudes towards alternative ways of charging for road use. It is based on several recent surveys commissioned by the Department for Transport to better understand public attitudes towards alternative road use charging schemes. This article covers the following:
- the type of journeys people make most frequently and the extent to which road congestion is experienced on these journeys;
- whether people consider road congestion to be a serious problem that the Government should tackle;
- levels of support for the principle of road pricing and the acceptability of road pricing under different conditions;
- perceptions of the likely effectiveness, fairness and accuracy of a road pricing system;
- views on how the data necessary to enforce any road pricing scheme should be collected and held;
- the impact that the introduction of road pricing is likely to have on individual behaviour.
Publication details
Published on 21 June 2006 by Transport Statistics.
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