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Road users don’t cover costs – EU

ECONOMICS

08 January 2019
 

Road transport fails to cover its external costs by a large margin, according to preliminary findings of European Commission-funded research. 

Researchers are looking at the external costs of road, rail, air and water transport. The Commission said initial findings showed road transport accounted for about three-quarters of transport’s external costs, and was also “the mode which leaves the biggest amount of external cost unpaid”. 

“Road users pay for a bigger...

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