road pricing

British  

noun

1. the practice of charging motorists for using certain stretches of road, in order to reduce congestion

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Example Sentences

The good news for Hochul is that road pricing has proved popular in London, Stockholm, and Oslo, with public opinion improving over time.

From Slate

However, he says the prospect of road pricing in Edinburgh is still years away and would be contingent on improvements to public transport.

From BBC

There are policies that could encourage people to ditch cars, such as road pricing, which would ensure that the true environmental and social cost of running a vehicle—whether human- or robot-driven—is paid by its operator.

From Scientific American

I think my favorite British moment was even when all of this was kicking off, all of his ministers are resigning and calling for his head, yesterday Johnson still had to go to face the prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, and then have to go and sit in front of his select committee and talk about road pricing.

From Slate

Transport for London had also investigated a possible pay-per-mile road pricing scheme and a low-level daily Clean Air Charge for "all but the cleanest vehicles".

From BBC