Comments on: Road pricing not the answer http://john-adams.co.uk/2007/02/14/road-pricing-not-the-answer/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Martin Parkinson http://john-adams.co.uk/2007/02/14/road-pricing-not-the-answer/#comment-650 Martin Parkinson Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:06:20 +0000 http://john-adams.co.uk/2007/02/14/road-pricing-not-the-answer/#comment-650 The seeming intractability of tranport issues makes any intelligent greenie want to bash their head against the nearest tree. I subscribe to a number of E-lists in sustainability and transport matters and have been surprised by some of the responses to the road-pricing petition. So desperate are we for *any* government measure that even vaguely resembles an attempt to prevent traffic growth that we have started urging each other to get behind dubious schemes. I posted a comment on a list for "green communications professionals" in which I explained that congestion/road-pricing measures are often intended to "pack more in" (by spreading out the traffic) rather than reduce absolute numbers and my comments were dismissed as being "technical" and defeatist. The seeming intractability of tranport issues makes any intelligent greenie want to bash their head against the nearest tree.

I subscribe to a number of E-lists in sustainability and transport matters and have been surprised by some of the responses to the road-pricing petition. So desperate are we for *any* government measure that even
vaguely resembles an attempt to prevent traffic growth that we have started urging each other to get behind
dubious schemes.

I posted a comment on a list for “green communications professionals” in which I explained that congestion/road-pricing measures are often intended to “pack more in” (by spreading out the traffic) rather than reduce absolute numbers and my comments were dismissed as being “technical” and defeatist.

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