ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the grounded theory is justifiable in its contention that road pricing should only be used for the objective of raising finance. It considers the specific case of using road pricing to relieve congestion. The government hints that road pricing should be focused on revenue raising in some parts: Charging will provide a guaranteed income stream to improve transport and support the renaissance of our towns and cities. Richards, M. argues that the original economic objective of road pricing is well founded, however, the real interest in introducing road pricing will be to raise revenue for local authority investment in transport. The Joint Authorities Transportation and Environmental Study incorporated road pricing into some of the transport policy scenarios that it tested. The chapter suggests that making drivers pay for externalities would not be universally acceptable to the population of respondents from whose opinions the grounded theory was derived.
