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unusual facts about Road pricing


Mysore Ring Road

In 2013, the MUDA proposed to impose toll on the road and charge extra cess from people who owned land around the road in order to raise revenue for future development citing lack of funds.


Rush hour

Road pricing is being considered but has not been introduced, partly because the expressway fee is already very high.


see also

Eddington Transport Study

Transport 2000, the public transport advocacy group founded by railway unions in the 1970s, are reported to have said that revenue from road-pricing should be used to improve public transport, particularly the railway network, and not used for road-building.

Edinburgh congestion charge

Edinburgh chose to participate in the Department for Transport's Charging Development Partnership of local authorities working considering congestion charging or workplace parking levies, and also part-funded the European Union's PRoGR€SS project ('Pricing Road use for Greater Responsibility, Efficiency and Sustainability') to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness and acceptance of urban road pricing schemes, under the EU's CUPID European Road Pricing initiative.