We pay for roads through our taxes: the poor pay proportionately more, and effectively subsidise the rich. It would be fairer to accept the 'user pays' principle, says Dr John Walker. Road pricing is already used worldwide to combat congestion and pollution, to compensate for falling revenues from fuel duty ('gas tax'), to provide an alternative (and fairer) means of charging motorists than the 80-year old fuel tax and to improve the efficiency of and expand transport infrastructure. However, it could and should be used far more widely. As Rod Eddington's 2006 report for the British government, The Eddington Transport Study: Transport's Role in Sustaining UK's Productivity and Competitiveness: The Case for Action, stated: "The potential for benefits from a well-designed, large-scale road pricing scheme is unrivalled by any other intervention." That view was endorsed by the UK Department for Transport in Towards a Sustainable Transport System: "The government accepts the Eddington analysis regarding the exceptional case for exploring the potential of road pricing."
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机译：我们通过我们的税收支付道路：穷人按比例支付更多，有效地补贴富人。 John Walker博士说，接受“用户支付”原则将是更公平的。道路定价已经在全球范围内用于打击拥堵和污染，以弥补燃料税（“瓦斯税”的收入下降，提供替代（和公平）的充电驾驶者，而不是80岁的燃油税和改善交通基础设施的效率和拓展。但是，它可以并且应该使用远远广泛。作为Rod Eddington的2006年英国政府报告，埃丁顿运输研究：运输在维持英国生产力和竞争力方面的作用：行动案例，规定：“从精心设计的大型道路定价方案中的潜力无与伦比通过任何其他干预。“这一观点是英国转向可持续运输系统的核定，即“政府对探索道路定价潜力的特殊案例接受Eddington分析。”
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