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Road pricing
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Road pricing
Road pricing
(also
road user charges
) are
direct charges
levied for the use of roads, including
road tolls
, distance or time based fees,
congestion charges
and charges designed to discourage use of certain classes of vehicle, fuel sources or more polluting vehicles. These charges may be used primarily for revenue generation, usually for road infrastructure financing, or as a
transportation demand management
tool to reduce
peak hour
travel
and the associated
traffic congestion
or other social and environmental
negative externalities
associated with road travel such as
air pollution
,
greenhouse gas
emissions, visual intrusion, noise and
road accidents
.
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