congestion charging
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News He said: "It's a bit like the government moving everybody off the roads with the carbon and congestion charging policy and taxes and moving them onto the trains without having a public transport system. [11 Sep 2008]
Manchester on the road to high tech transport
News The city has secured £1.5bn of government funding to significantly improve its public transport, which includes the implementation of a London-style Congestion Charge scheme in 2013. In addition to the government... [10 Jun 2008]
Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology. It is now touting a commercial application of the tech... [26 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment Unfortunately all efforts to sort out public transport have seen no significant improvements and in many areas the situation is critical, especially in London where it seems to me the congestion charge has failed to... [12 Jun 2007]
Leader: Are e-petitions good for democracy?
Leader The road-charging petition closes this week and Blair will be sending out an email to all of those who signed it, dismissing their concerns and arguing that it is the only way to beat congestion and... [20 Feb 2007]
Road-charging protest crashes PM's website
News The plans for a 'pay-as-you-drive' scheme, which a government-backed report claims would tackle congestion and raise £28bn, have been labelled "highway robbery" by silicon.com readers. The Downing Street website crashed... [13 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: Deutsche Telekom targets services
Comment Or even local representatives from bodies such as Transport for London, the people behind the soon-to-be-extended Congestion Charge. It seems road-charging based on some kind of technology (wireless,... [02 Feb 2007]
Photos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo Transport for London, which set up London's Congestion Charging scheme with service group Capita, is also believed to have shown an interest. For two years Germany has had an electronic... [02 Feb 2007]
Editor's Blog: A 30,000ft view of the CIO
Comment It's a subject I know always interests our readers, from our past exclusive look behind the scenes at London's Congestion Charge nerve centre to speculation on how the government might try to run some kind of national... [30 Jan 2007]
Leader: Let's not rush into road charging
Leader But in the fifteen or so years since he wrote it congestion has gotten so much worse that the comparison doesn't quite hold anymore. Few people would disagree that something needs to be done about road... [01 Dec 2006]
Pay-per-mile road charging 'will raise £28bn'
News Technology-based 'pay-as-you-drive' road-charging must be introduced within the next 10 years to tackle congestion and deliver £28bn-worth of benefits to the UK economy, according to a new... [01 Dec 2006]
Editor's Blog: Road tax rage
Comment Assuming you are not overly paranoid about being tracked - as if your vehicles can't be tracked anyway now - then this is a solution to some congestion woes. I want to get my teeth into the subject of road... [09 Aug 2006]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News Current congestion charging technology is too expensive to roll out everywhere, while GPS is not accurate enough to use to charge motorists, he said. The answer to congestion is not to... [27 Jul 2006]
Satellite-tracking road-use charging gets green light
News The government initially announced the national road pricing plans last year as an attempt to tackle growing congestion problems. The government is to set up a £10m fund to help IT suppliers develop the technologies for... [11 May 2006]
Capita chairman made £1m loan to Labour Party
News Aldridge's donation has come under scrutiny in the media because Capita runs many high-profile government IT projects, including the London Congestion Charging scheme, TV licensing and the Criminal... [21 Mar 2006]
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