May 1, 2007

the reality of road pricing

Speakers:
Prof Phil Blythe, Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems, Newcastle University
Andrew Pickford, Chairman, Transport Technology Consultants
Dr Bill Gillan, IET transport sector panel member and Business Manager, TRL
Dr John Walker, IET transport sector panel member and Chief Technical Consultant, Thales
Jack Opiola, IET transport sector panel member and Principal Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton U.K. Ltd.

Road pricing remains one of the most controversial areas of UK transport policy, with questions including what types of systems are available and how much they would cost to implement. The Science Media Centre brought together scientific experts to brief the media on the realities of road pricing.