23rd February 2007, 05:43 PM
Posted by Beamo:
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Quote:quote:Road pricing is aimed at reducing congestion rather than overall car usage, and therefore will not have a great effect on emissions, although there could be benefits in the pricing of goods if journey times are reduced. Essentially the argument is that there is sufficient capacity in the current road network if only usage could be more spread-out rather than concentrated into peak times.Of course, vehicles moving in congested traffic burn fuel far less efficiently than in free-moving traffic, so even if the overall number of vehicle miles does not come down, emissions would.
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