Motoring body wants green light for "inevitable" road pricing

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RAC Foundation argues road pricing represents the only way to tackle congestion and address the need to cut carbon emissions

One of the UK's most influential motoring organisations has today predicted the widespread adoption of road-pricing schemes as "inevitable", arguing that it represents the only viable way of tackling congestion...

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