Sandbox

Aviation emissions

• Europa aviation page
• Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community Political agreement 21 December 2007

Road Transport

• An independent assessment of the central London congestion charging scheme ALG 13/12/2004 (& link to full report 29pp) {"The CCS is expected to compound these effects but it will be impossible to determine the extent to which it will have done so in the absence of a ‘do minimum’ comparison")
• The Greater London (Central Zone) Congestion Charging Order 2001 Report to the Mayor of London TfL's recommendation to the Mayor (176 pp) including revenue estimates (p148)
• ex post facto monetised evaluation of the quantified impacts of the original Central London congestion charge introduced in 2003 29 June 2007 by Reg Evans for TfL Congestion Charging Modelling and Evaluation Team, incl references to other assessments & cost analysis
• The London congestion charge: a tentative economic appraisal Rémy Prud'homme and Juan Pablo Bocarej 2005 "The London congestion charge, which is a great technical and political success, seems to be an economic failure. It could be defined as mini Concorde"
• The London Congestion Charge PDF Jonathan Leape, LSE. Journal of Economic Perspectives (thorough history incl ROCOL, assesment incl virtuous circle for bus travel)
• Research challenges in modelling urban road pricing:an overview de Palma, Lindsey & Proost August 2005 (general comparison & review of literature)
• Preliminary Results of the London Congestion Charging Scheme Georgina Santos Blake Shaffer Public Works Management & Policy, Vol. 9, No. 2, 164-181 (2004) (summary)
• Road Pricing, the Economy and the Environment Chapter - The London Congestion Charging Scheme: The Evidence. John Peirson5 and Roger Vickerman January 24, 2008 (implied elasticity of about −0.8 is greater than many other previous elasticity estimates)
• London Congestion Pricing - Implications for Other Cities Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute 10 January 2006 (useful bibliography)
• Oil Dependence: Is transport running out of affordable fuel? OECD - ITF Feb 2008 Congestion management can facilitate CO2 reduction