[Red Moon]

It seems the government is set on introducing road pricing, but have they really thought it out?

If the area you live in is anything like mine then bus services are being cut on unprofitable routes by private bus companies. The trains are overcrowded and unreliable and the local railway stations don't have feeder bus services.

Then there are questions about the proposed government scheme that need to be answered.

• Should road pricing be revenue-raising or revenue-neutral?
  
• What to do with other motoring taxes?
  
• Which roads should be charged and what will the charges be?
  
• How to address concerns about civil liberties about the government tracking peoples movements?
  
• How to address concerns about the poor being unfairly taxed?

The question is do we want road pricing or are there other methods of getting people out of their cars and onto public transport?