mapes believes new
technologies would be needed to
support any plans for a nationwide
World traffic data
scheme: “satellite-based systems
lend themselves to larger-scale
road pricing, particularly where
in china, per capita car
the aim is to charge road users
ownership will rise 67%
differently depending on on the by 2010 (source: chinanews).
time, distance and place of travel.
the ndrc* estimates
while this approach may
55m vehicles on the
reduce installed infrastructure
at the roadside, you’d still need
road by this date.
cameras to photograph the vehicle
number-plate for enforcement
purposes,” he says.
according to uK transport
secretary ruth Kelly, national road
pricing is “many years away”
and the current focus is on more
immediate, and localised, solutions,
1.4
such as car-sharing and toll lanes.
trialled use of the hard shoulder
billion gallons of
in busy periods has spurred on the gasoline are saved each
concept of a “managed motorway
Year in the us bY use of public
system”, including options such as
high occupancy toll lanes, where
transport. in 2007, us citiZens made 10.3bn
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users can pay to be able to use
trips on public transport, the highest number
certain lanes.
for 50 Years (source: www.publictransportation.org).
however, a range of
technologies will be required
– congestion and speed metering according to a march report from the european
systems, monitoring, signage,
environment agency, more rigorous measures
ramp metering – for such schemes
will be needed in the transport sector if europe
to be effective.
mapes is working with a
is to meet its emissions targets. 12 per cent of
number of local authorities in
overall eu emissions of co
2
comes from fuel
the uK, including cambridge, burned by passenger vehicles.
example, and thus reducing traffic. such to develop systems that meet their specific
schemes can be found in or around sydney, needs. he believes it is crucial that road
melbourne, boston and seattle. pricing initiatives are developed in tandem
with attractive public transport alternatives
The road ahead to the car – with revenues from the former
back in the uK, policymakers are focusing on funding the latter.
congestion in towns and cities, supported by “tackling congestion is ultimately about 3.95 mins
transport innovation funding. giving people choice. we need positive solutions
however, in his 2008 budget, chancellor that enable drivers to choose when and where the average delay per 10 miles on the worst
alistair darling set aside new funding to to travel, and whether public transport is a more
10% of the uK’s inter-urban roads
explore technologies that could underpin a appropriate option,” says mapes.
national road-pricing system. tenders were the challenges remain immense, but the
(source: uK department for transport).
invited to test the system, with the results economic future of the uK and elsewhere may
expected next year. hinge on the success of such schemes. *national development and reform commission
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