Transport

A road pricing system is the fairest way of taxing our drivers


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Andy Mayer comments for City AM

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Phillip Booth comments for The Telegraph

Phillip Booth, IEA Senior Academic Fellow, has commented in The Telegraph on the need to introduce a road pricing system to ensure that drivers are charged fairly for the amount of time they spend on the roads.

“We use the roads, there is a capital cost, there is a current cost and the cost of congestion we impose on others, and there is a way of reflecting those in prices,” 

“That would help ration scarce road space, it would help encourage people to use the roads at times when they are less congested.”

Read the full article here.



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