EURoPrice Final Conference
Following on from the success of EURoPrice, a second phase of the project is underway. The 7 participating cities are Amsterdam, Belfast, Bristol (project leaders), Edinburgh, Genoa, Leeds and Rome.EURoPrice was set up to advance road pricing initiatives through investigation of the political issues faced by the cities. It involves co-operation and support between the European Commission, city authorities, both politicians and senior policy makers, who are considering the implementation of road pricing.
Phase 2 of the EURoPrice project drew to a close at the end of 2002 and results were shared at a final conference.
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64kbEURoPrice Final Conference Programme
Friday 13th December
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Amsterdam - 8mb
Genoa - 2mb
European Commission - 32k
Leeds - 2.4mb
Edinburgh - 1.1mb
Rome - 9.6mb
Results and Conclusions - 5mb
Final Conference ReportThe EURoPrice Final Conference was held in Brussels on 13th December 2002. This conference discussed and reviewed the Guidance Papers and the key issues and findings from the project. Speakers discussed the EC view on charging and experiences which was followed by a political forum. Attendees included representatives from EURoPrice partner cities and other cities,
European Politicians, experts, and other interested organisations. The conference was chaired by Richard Rawlinson of Bristol City Council, Cllr Helen Holland, (Deputy Leader with responsibility for Environment, Transport and Leisure for Bristol) provided the welcome.
The speakers commenced with Catharina Sikow from the European Commission who presented the EC view on charging. Catharina detailed ideas for common charging principles to all modes of transport setting out the policy issues.
Barbara Davies from Bristol City Council provided the EURoPrice 2 results and conclusions, which included an overview of the EURoPrice project dating back from phase 1 to present, discussing the Guidance Papers and project linkages.
Rome, Edinburgh, Genoa, Leeds and Amsterdam presented on their city experiences with road pricing. Rome outlined their current Access Controlled Zone scheme with the other 4 cities reporting on their current pricing proposals.
The conference was concluded with a political forum, with Cllr Helen Holland of Bristol and Cllr Andrew Burns from Edinburgh.
The conference revealed that EURoPrice has been a valuable experience by enabling relationships to be built with politicians and key policy makers. However EURoPrice has also concluded that road pricing is purely a political decision with the main political element being tax (people see road pricing as just another form of tax). Most pricing problems are based on acceptability and technical delivery is no longer a key element. In order to successfully progress road pricing schemes it is therefore important to engage city politicians.
