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Congestion Charging in London
The Policy and the Politics
ISBN/EAN: 9781403932402
Umbreit-Nr.: 9055949
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xvii, 303 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 29.11.2005
Auflage: 1/2005
- Zusatztext
- Ken Livingstone was elected Mayor of London on a platform that included a congestion charge for central London, a policy that became reality on 17 February 2003. Richards uses his experience as Director of a £2.5 million Government congestion charging study, as one of those who created the scheme Livingstone adopted and as advisor to the London Assembly, to provide a critical record of the introduction of the London Congestion Charge, and of its implications for congestion charging elsewhere.
- Kurztext
- The London congestion charge is a 'World Leader', addressing a problem common to cities around the world that most politicians have avoidedIt provides a comprehensive and objective account of the development and implementation of congestion charging in LondonProvides an overview of the rationale for and technology of congestion charging, without a need for a high level of theoretical and technical knowledgeIncludes a review of prospects for local and national charging schemesIt is written by an author with extensive experience of congestion charging, particularly in LondonIncludes an international review of charging schemes
- Autorenportrait
- MARTIN G. RICHARDS has over forty years of experience in transport planning. He retired as Chairman of The MVA Group, international transport planning consultants, in 2000. He was responsible for the Hong Kong Electronic Road Pricing Pilot Project planning studies, Director of the Department of Transport's London Congestion Charging Research Programme and a member of the ROCOL Working Group that developed the principles on which the London scheme is based, and advised the London Assembly on the scrutiny of the Mayor's congestion charging proposals. He was appointed an OBE in 1993 for services to transport planning.