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Fairer form of motoring taxation

Taxing time spent driving in congestion is a fairer alternative to taxing fuel and vehicle ownership.

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Road Congestion
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Fairer form of motoring taxation
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Prices paid can be adjusted to reflect demand
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Taxation can be shaped according to harm
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Local pilot schemes
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Address falling costs of motoring since 1997
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Other policy measures insufficient alone
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Ring fence revenue from road users for road use
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Road pricing can help cut UK CO2 emissions
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Road pricing schemes effective elsewhere
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£44bn motoring taxes paid per year already
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Everyone will pay £1.34 for every mile driven
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Fuel tax is a form of distance pricing
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Lorry road pricing plans abandoned as impractical
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Penalises familes who live far apart
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Penalises poorer people disproportionately
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Road pricing insufficient due to 10 year delay
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Road pricing isn't the most cost effective option
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Road pricing technology is vulnerable to evasion
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Tracking vehicles threatens civil liberties
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