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An important element of any modern transport system is the traffic management function that keeps services running smoothly, and the provision of information to keep the public up-to-date about the service that is running. The private sector is involved in a range of capacities in this sector, from air traffic management to bus, rail and road passenger information services.
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| Road User Charging: A Road Map (PDF) |
| Kakkad, Jeegar and Rossiter, Ann, 2007 |
| Social Market Foundation (SMF) |
| A report which proposes road pricing as a market-based solution to help address pressing issues of increasing congestion and climate change. The preferred solution is to strike a balance between a revenue neutral and redistributive approach so that some income is invested in public transport and road maintenance whilst some is used to reduce vehicle and fuel taxes. |
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| Distance Based Charging: Report on Transport for London's GPS OBU Trial (PDF) |
| TfL Congestion Charging (Traffic and Technology), 2006 |
| Transport for London (TfL) |
| The trial researched the performance of On-Board Units using GPS technology with a view to implementing a distance-based charge within the congestion zone as well as looking at back office systems necessary for delivering such a solution. |
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| Road Pricing: The Next Steps (Vol.1) (PDF) |
| House of Commons Transport Committee, 2005 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A report on the proposed use of road pricing by the UK Government to reduce congestion on the roads. |
| HC 218-I |
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| An Alternative Method of Road User Charging: A Response to Feedback (PDF) |
| McKinnon, Prof. Alan and McClelland, David, 2005 |
| Logistics Research Centre, Heriot Watt University |
| A paper written in response to criticism of their alternative method of road user charging for trucks (below) particularly from Customs and Excise, the Road Haulage Association and Freight Transport Association. |
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| Taxing Trucks: An Alternative Method of Road User Charging (PDF) |
| McKinnon, Prof. Alan and McClelland, David, 2004 |
| Logistics Research Centre, Heriot Watt University |
| Following on from the report below on Lorry Road User Charging, a simpler form of taxing lorries is put forward as an interim measure before general road user charging is introduced. |
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| National Rail Enquiry Service (PDF) |
| House of Commons Transport Committee, 2004 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A report which examines the performance regime, current performance, and quality of infrastructure. |
| HC 580 |
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| Congestion Charging- Six Months On |
| Transport for London, 2003 |
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| A report examining the impact and operation of the Central London Congestion Charging Scheme including revisions to the contract with the private company responsible for operating its day-to-day operation. |
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| London's Congestion Charge (PDF) |
| Blow, Laura; Leicester, Andrew; Smith, Zoe, 2003 |
| Institute for Fiscal Studies |
| A briefing note which provides a guide to the economic case for congestion charging and which discusses evidence on its distributional effects. |
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| The Work of the Highways Agency (PDF) |
| House of Commons Transport Committee, 2003 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A report assessing the performance of the Department for Transport's executive agency which is responsible for operating, managing and improving the network of trunk roads and motorways in England. |
| HC 453 |
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| Urban Charging Schemes (PDF) |
| House of Commons Transport Committee, 2003 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A report assessing proposals for congestion charging schemes in London and in cities around England. |
| HC 390-I |
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| Modernising the Taxation of the Haulage Industry: Progress Report One (PDF) |
| HM Treasury; Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR); HM Customs and Excise, 2002 |
| HMSO |
| An assessment of the two main options (namely time or distance) on which to base a user-charge for all heavy goods vehicles on UK roads. These are balanced against criteria of fairness and efficiency as well as environmental and transport objectives. The report also proceeds to outline the next steps towards the implementation of a distance-based lorry road-user charge. |
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| Measured Partnering: The Only Way to Know Whether you are Succeeding |
| M41 Case Study Project No. 20, 2000 |
| Constructing Excellence |
| Constructing Excellence aims to deliver improved industry performance resulting in a demonstrably better built environment. This case study provides guidelines on performance-measurement in partnerships in this sector. |
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| Charging Ahead: Making Road User Charging Work in the UK - A Trafficflow Project Report (PDF) |
| John Cheese and Grant Klein, 1999 |
| Adam Smith Institute and the Smith Group |
| A report following the completion of the feasibility phase of an independent investigation into government proposals to give local authorities powers to establish road user charging. Trafficflow was an initiative set up with the aim of developing plans for practical urban road user charging schemes. |
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| Department of Transport: Environmental Factors in Road Planning and Design |
| National Audit Office (NAO), 1994 |
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| A report that examines the measures adopted in order to develop an effective transport system while achieving a balance between conservation and improvement of the environment. |
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