Congestion Charges: Three Cures for Gridlock ; Gridlock On West Midlands Roads Is Predicted to Worsen, so How Can the Problems Be Alleviated? That Was the Task Facing Independent Consultants Commissioned to Gaze Into the Future, As Emma Brady Writes

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Commissioned in January by the seven West Midlands local authorities and Passenger Transport Authority-Centro, the authors of the Gridlock or Growth report had a simple brief.

"To identify current and predicted future levels of congestion in the conurbation and to examine a comprehensive range of solutions for tackling the problem."

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Congestion Charges: Three Cures for Gridlock ; Gridlock On West Midlands Roads Is Predicted to Worsen, so How Can the Problems Be Alleviated? That Was the Task Facing Independent Consultants Commissioned to Gaze Into the Future, As Emma Brady Writes

These solutions include looking at the possibility of a long term "flexible zonal pricing mechanism" across the region to manage traffic demand.

As the report points out, congestion is endemic within virtually all the major conurbations in the world today and affects every...

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