HC Deb 30 April 2002 vol 384 cc673-4W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what infrastructure charging research work his Department is funding. [52090]

Mr. Byers

[holding answer 23 April 2002]: No such work has been commissioned by my Department. The former Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions, commissioned the following work which is ongoing:

  • Demonstration of Interoperable charging and telematics Systems (jointly with Leeds City Council and Highways Agency);
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  • Dynamic Freight Analysis;
  • Economic geography of congestion charging;
  • Trade-off between practical and optimal cordon congestion charging;
  • Charging Appraisal Frameworks;
  • Scheme Design and User Acceptance;
  • Measuring social—spatial inclusion and exclusion in charging infrastructures.