Government plans for lorry road-user charging in the UK: a critique and an alternative

Transport Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-216

  McKinnon, Alan C ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congestion; Distance based taxation; Lorries; Road user charging; UK

Indexed keywords

ROAD PRICING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TAX SYSTEM; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646089425     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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