Article: Drivers don't trust congestion tax vow; Road pricing is 'a dead issue' for city council leader.(News)

Article: THE BIRMINGHAM POST: Road pricing: How much will it cost me?(Leaders)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 21, 2007 ;     366 words ......forward for road pricing pilot schemes...home and use public transport instead. Car...sweeten the road pricing pill were trumpeted...improvement to public transport before road pricing is introduced...foreboding about road pricing, which ...

Article: Councils shown the whip over road pricing.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 16, 2007 ;     525 words ......to roads and public transport which councils...Proposals for a road pricing scheme have...warned that road pricing would not solve...improvements to public transport, made ahead...prospect of road pricing schemes in the...provision of public ...

Article: Improve public transport before road pricing.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 20, 2007 ;     438 words ......wants a debate about road pricing - and now it's got...workers will be caught by road pricing every day. Meanwhile...necessarily a reason to ditch road pricing. Something has to be...parking in urban centres. Road pricing is only part of the...do more than impose ...

Article: ANALYSIS: Road pricing alone will not ease road congestion; Last month The Birmingham Post and NEC's Big Debate deliberated congestion charging. Today Alan Wenban-Smith argues jammed roads are too complex an issue to be solved by pricing alone.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of pounds to the economy. Road pricing will achieve this, they...less travelled routes, public transport, walking and cycling - or...Birmingham Post Big Debate on road pricing, views on the Government...urban regeneration and public transport investment to influence...

Article: ROAD PRICING IS ONLY ONE COG IN THE MACHINE ; MOTORING
The Independent - London;  May 22, 2007 ;     617 words ......this across. Road pricing is one cog in...peak times if public transport infrastructure...to TIF rules (road pricing, workplace parking...any funding for public transport initiatives...picture - that road pricing is just part...and efficient public ...

Article: Letter: Road pricing a must.(Letters)
The Birmingham Post (England);  April 28, 2007 ;     484 words ......political agenda (Road Pricing is part of the...an option. The public transport network within...objection to road pricing proposals suggested...the region's public transport network, but...community believes road pricing has a part to...preceded by ...

Article: EU drives agenda on road pricing
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......their opposition to "road pricing" on the Downing Street...population is opposed to road pricing. In the e-mail Blair...decision about national road pricing." However, what he...selected to pilot road pricing for the rest of the...2004/52 requires all road ...

Article: Expensive road ahead for drivers A Huge campaign was mounted against pay-as-you-go roads when the Government first came up with the idea. The road pricing plan proved massively unpopular with millions of people signing an online petition against the proposals. Here Post business reporter SHAUN GREANEY looks at the issues.
South Wales Evening Post;  October 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......believes that road pricing should not be...because the public transport is so poor...are concerns road pricing scheme would...cost-effective public transport is part of the...forget about road pricing and concentrate...that improving public ...

Article: Get back on track - plea PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Road pricing must not come first
Birmingham Mail;  March 26, 2007 ;     279 words ......improvements in public transport before before road pricing measures...to improve public transport but don't...ahead of road pricing otherwise...until our public transport is up to...us to have road pricing first, then...

Article: Get back on track - plea; PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Road pricing must not come first.(Business)
Birmingham Mail (England);  March 26, 2007 ;     281 words ......improvements in public transport before before road pricing measures...to improve public transport but don't...ahead of road pricing otherwise...until our public transport is up to...us to have road pricing first, then...

Article: The search for publically acceptable road pricing.
Town and Country Planning;  May 1, 2004 ;     489 words ...Urban Road Pricing: Public and Political...THEORETICAL BASIS for road pricing is relatively straightforward: road pricing aims to regulate...improvements to public transport, possibly including...understanding of road pricing theory and ...

Article: City road pricing scheme 'unlikely before 2005'
The Scotsman;  July 18, 1998 ;     630 words ...ROAD pricing will not be introduced...have been made to public transport throughout the...million package of public transport measures, Mr Begg...powers to introduce road pricing if they so wish...improvements to the public transport system are carried...that ...

Article: Road-pricing is set for go-ahead; Government to tackle congestion.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  October 30, 2007 ;     452 words ......Correspondent ROAD pricing could be in place...schemes to use road pricing to cut traffic...the potential of road pricing. It adds: That...which combine road pricing with public transport and other improvements...package including road ...

Article: RAC gives conditional approval on road pricing
The Scotsman;  July 21, 2004 ;     340 words ...ROAD pricing could be an acceptable part...report on the feasibility of road pricing currently with the Transport...include a substantial increase in road investment, particularly on inter-urban roads, and improved public transport to accommodate journeys that...by car. But the ...