Welcome to Road Pricing

Transport Good CIC, the environmental justice social enterprise

Road pricing is the proposed replacement of current taxes and tolls with a simple per-mile price to drive. Road pricing is fairer because the less you drive, the less you pay. If you don’t drive at all you don’t pay anything.

Polling suggest Londoners support the idea of road pricing. So we have been asking you to share your views. You can find out here what people have been saying so far and add your voice now before the project ends.

What Londoners have been saying about road pricing

• 
  User on TikTok
  “The way forward!”
• 
  Rameen from Hillingdon
  “I agree with the road pricing”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “I want it, we could dynamically charge for shorter trips to reduce congestion and make towns and cities less car infested.”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “Other people are paying for your choices. Road pricing would ensure that you pay instead.”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “I don’t own a car. Why should I pay tax so that you can drive?”
• 
  Rachel from Hillingdon
  “If you use something more you should pay more is fair.”
• 
  User on Facebook
  “I have to pay for electricity by the amount I use why not roads?”
• 
  John from Kingston upon Thames
  “If fuel tax is removed, Vehicle Excise Duty ceased and the price per mile equated to the reduced taxes, I would be in favour.”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “there should be exemptions or cheaper rates for [disabled] people”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “Just makes sense.”
• 
  Danish from Ealing
  “I stand with road pricing”
• 
  Toby from Haringey
  “Road pricing will also help drivers to consider alternative modes of transport in an effort to save money (among many benefits).”
• 
  Tom from Lewisham
  “London’s roads are choked with cars – and the number of vehicles keeps rising”
• 
  Andy from Hackney
  “it means those who use the roads most pay most for them.”
• 
  Sam from Waltham Forest
  “Long time coming. It’s fairer.”
• 
  Colin from Lambeth
  “It can be used to reduce unnecessary car journeys”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “It’s a good idea”
• 
  Oliver from Richmond upon Thames
  Concerned about people on low incomes and the elderly.
• 
  Clare from Lewisham
  “directly incentivises reduced driving in a way that other schemes don’t”
• 
  Toby from Hackney
  The current system “overall is failing to discourage driving and unnecessary car journeys”
• 
  User on Facebook
  “Yeah go for it. Those who use the roads the most should pay the most.”   
• 
  Susan from Lewisham
  Worried road pricing will make it difficult for disabled people (unless there are exemptions).
• 
  Duncan from Greenwich
  “There are too many SUVs that are polluting and exempt. Road pricing would help reduce some of their mileage.”
• 
  Simon from Waltham Forest
  “Why shouldn’t we pay for how much road we use?”
• 
  Matthew from Lambeth
  “Road pricing would mean that everyone will evaluate every journey appropriately.”
• 
  Shelci from Hillingdon​
  #roadpricingisfair
• 
  Steve from Hackney
  “Less [cars] on the roads and the time they are on the roads the better for our city and our planet”
• 
  Jackie from Lambeth
  “I hope it will encourage drivers to try public transport or active travel”
• 
  Seamus from Islington
  “I’d like to see cheaper bus fares.”
• 
  User on TikTok
  “End car tax & fuel tax? I’d be happy with that.”
• 
  User on Facebook
  Concerned about rural areas.
• 
  Andrew from Greenwich
  “Yes, it’s the fairest way.”
• 
  Mark from Hounslow
  Concerned about tracking movements
• 
  David from Sutton
  Concerned about impact on poorer Londoners.
• 
  Chris from Havering
  Concerned about impact on Outer London
• 
  Rosa from Waltham Forest
  “Yes to road pricing”
• 
  Jonathan from Lambeth
  “Yes to road pricing”
• 
  Londoner from Harrow
  Concerned about number plates being faked to avoid payment.
• 
  Michael from Haringey
  “Broadly progressive, good for reducing emissions and car use [but] exemptions crucial for some”