Road pricing is not a new concept, we can see examples of it in in our towns, cities and road networks already. However, to date, road pricing has proved to be politically challenging but a new report by the House of Commons Transport Committee signals that political appetite is maybe starting to come around, or at least that it might have to be.

This podcast features Alistair Hunter, who is the Highways Business leader for Arup in their UKIMEA and Patrick Andison, who is a Senior Economics Consultant at Arup. Alistair recently gave evidence as a witness to the transport committee’s inquiry on road pricing, with this contribution helping to form part of the committee’s final report that was released at the start of February this year.

Together they discuss:
* What road pricing is
* The challenges that come with it
* Where the concept of road pricing is headed
* Where and how the sector should be headed in relation to road pricing