Yahoo! News provides an “explainer” on the road pricing systems under consideration in the United Kingdom. In addition to surveying the options available to government, the article looks at various proposals under discussion and the arguments for and against them.
Last week, Sir John Armitt, chair of the government’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), piqued public interest in the topic of road use charging when he told reporters that Britons should be prepared for transportation funding changes as fuel tax revenues continue to dwindle.