Road pricing in the U.K. is both necessary and inevitable, say transport experts, but politicians steer clear.
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“Road pricing is not an easy option—there will be hard choices and difficulties along the way. But we need to face up to all this now,” he stressed in June 2005. Motorists didn’t believe him, and a petition against road pricing soon snowballed. After millions signed, Labour dropped the road pricing idea.
“The dilemma for any government is that when zero-emission vehicles take off, the government will lose revenue from fuel duty and potentially VED,” AA president Edmund King told me. King also said there must be carve-outs: “Give concessions to disabled drivers and potentially rural drivers who do higher mileage,” he stated, somewhat blunting any scheme’s revenue raising potential.“With Road Miles, all drivers will pay less than they currently do, more will be spent on roads, and the government will receive more income,” said“Drivers would be allocated at least 3,000 free Road Miles, giving free access to roads.
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