He said Treasury officials warmed to the idea of a pay-per-mile road tax amid concerns that the switch to electric cars will eat into the £25bn a year raised in fuel duty. Owners of EVs do not ...

This view overlooks the possibility that private investment in the form of upfront lease payments for newly priced roads can be used to enhance the public appeal of adopting that road pricing.

Is road pricing inevitable? Listen to media and it would appear so. Scarcely a day goes by without a proclamation from yet another transport pressure group about the clear advisability of adopting ...

Road pricing means charging motorists for using public roads. The main aims of road pricing schemes are managing traffic congestion, reducing environmental impact, and generating revenue. Charges can ...

In response, the Transport Select Committee decided in February 2022 that it was in favour of the introduction of a road pricing scheme. However, nothing has been done about introducing such a ...

Pay-per-mile road pricing is a proposed system where drivers are taxed based on the distance they travel on public roads. Unlike the current fuel tax, which is based on how much petrol or diesel ...