Until February 25, 2005, the City of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, had advanced plans for a congestion charging scheme. However, these plans were abandoned because of public acceptability problems and in particular to a referendum on the issue. The origins of the scheme in transport plans for the Edinburgh region since 1992 are explained; the nature of the planned scheme, its extent, charging technology, and predicted effect are outlined. Some evidence is presented on how and why people voted as they did in the referendum, including their attitudes to and understanding of the proposed scheme and its promoters. From these two perspectives, it is then postulated how the scheme could have been made more acceptable.


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    Title :

    Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging


    Subtitle :

    Lessons from Referendum in Edinburgh, Scotland


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:
    Gaunt, Martin (author) / Rye, Tom (author) / Ison, Stephen (author)


    Publication date :

    2006-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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