Abstract
Issues considered include: whether investment in transport infrastructure necessarily results in economic growth; whether decoupling of freight and passenger transport is feasible; that reducing regulation may benefit the consumer in some but not all instances; that competition is likely to benefit busy routes but not quieter ones; the role of the regulator including at the European level; ways of increasing the share of rail transport in the modal split; lessons learned from the London congestion charging scheme; road user charges as an instrument of efficiency; and user charging for basic services. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD E128114.