A pricing and investment strategy for national roads Available to Purchase

Main road traffic has doubled in the last quarter-century and its growth continues. During this time the length of the trunk road network has been reduced by almost a fifth and motorway construction has all but halted. Combinations of additional strategic road capacity and national road pricing are examined to explore what mix of these would provide a package of measures which would ease future congestion whilst maintaining adequate levels of mobility. A combination of ‘efficient pricing’—which would replace the existing road taxation regime—and the provision of an additional 600 lane km of strategic road space a year would reduce congestion and carbon emissions whilst providing the mobility needed for a growing and successful economy. The net revenues from pricing would be more than sufficient to pay for the additional capacity and the higher charges to road users would be more than offset by improved strategic road travel conditions.