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Time, distance, place charging is a hopelessly over the top way of cutting traffic congestion

By Eric Sampson
17 October 2008
Eric Sampson
Newcastle University
Eric Sampson Newcastle University

 

The English language makes it is easy to say essentially the same thing but with different emphasis. Consider these phrases: Enough is as good as a feast; Quit when you’re ahead; A bridge too far; Way over the top; The best is the enemy of the good.

I find myself wondering which of these to use when I consider road user charging and the strong lobbying from some quarters for a Universal Time, Distance Place (UTDP) solution. In my view, of all the ways to calculate and collect road user...

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