Connecting Scotland – New Ways to Fund Better Transport
Who and what really controls transport systems? This paper follows the money.
Most transport investment defines success in terms of more travel not less. There might be much more investment in transport if people could pay for system level outcomes like greater wealth, health and a cleaner environment, rather than just more travel. The paper suggests suggests how to break the dependency on more travel with more personalised, customised, efficient, profitable, integrated and resilient solutions.
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This interesting article from the University of Sydney explains why road tolling has not been efficient or popular. The tolls collected have not been linked to the performamce of the road. http://sydney.edu.au/business/itls/thinking/2017/toll_roads_a_view_after_25_years
It echoes the points in the STSG report that paying for better transport that future success depends on linking performamce and funding.
Interesting new perspective here from Steer Davis Gleave on the changing balance between funding for rail from fares and from government across Europe http://www.steerdaviesgleave.com/news-and-insights/Studying-prices-and-quality-of-rail-passenger-services
There are important differences between financing and funding which are sometime missed https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/funding-financing-policy-confusion-paul-davies/
Recent analysis by the RAC provides a useful monitor of taxation and spending of transport https://www.racfoundation.org/research/economy/land-transport-in-great-britain-public-expenditure-taxes-subsidies
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