TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

USING PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN DEVELOPING EDINBURGH'S CONGESTION-CHARGING-BASED TRANSPORT STRATEGY

Accession Number:

00965497

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States
Order URL: http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/153504.aspx

Find a library where document is available


Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309085764

Abstract:

The City of Edinburgh Council is developing a transport strategy based on the introduction of a congestion-charging scheme, linked to the implementation of a major package of transport improvements. A phased consultation approach is being used to allow public views to form a major input into the transport strategy design process. The overall objectives of the consultation in relation to the major project milestones are discussed. The results of each of four completed consultation phases are presented, along with how these results have been used to narrow the range of potential transport strategy options to one preferred congestion-charging scheme design and associated transport improvement package. The results of the completed consultation phases have shown that public views on different elements of the transport strategy design range from a high degree of consensus to a considerable degree of diversity. It has been found that the level of charge is the most significant factor in determining the level of public support for a particular congestion-charging scheme, with the lowest charge levels invariably receiving the greatest level of support, even when this is associated with a smaller transport investment package. In general, the consultation results have shown that there is significant in-principle support for a congestion-charging-based transport strategy but that support tends to decline as the strategy becomes more accurately defined. A major challenge appears to exist in retaining in-principle support through to project implementation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1839, Transportation Finance, Economics, and Economic Development 2003.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Cain, A
Jones, P M

Pagination:

p. 89-97

Publication Date:

2003

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1839
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309085764

Features:

Figures (3) ; References (15) ; Tables (1)

Geographic Terms:

Edinburgh (Scotland)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Nov 12 2003 12:00AM

More Articles from this Serial Issue: