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Press Gazette Transport Journalist of the Year 2018. Contributor to http://Forbes.com . Author: Roads Were Not Built for Cars & Bike Boom.

Ouseburn Valley, NCL
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    Carlton Reid‏Verified account @carltonreid Jan 2

    Carlton Reid Retweeted Sky News

    “You can’t freeze fares and have more money to invest,” says minister of a government that has frozen fuel duty 9 years in a row yet still spends billions on new roads.https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1080373984171040768 …

    Carlton Reid added,

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    'You can freeze fares and cut services, you can increase fares and invest in services but you can't freeze fares and have more money to invest' - Transport Secretary Chris Grayling says rail fare increases are a trade off for better services. More here: http://po.st/ZhRtOI  pic.twitter.com/qdStGw3IjR
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      2. Steve‏ @Steve86345897 Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid

        But fuel duty isn’t the only income source for roads is it.....emissions tax contributes to motorways and council tax contributes to all other roads.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 0 likes
      3. Rational Dad‏ @TwoWheelsWood Jan 2
        Replying to @Steve86345897 @carltonreid

        And it's a political choice to spend that money on roads. It could be spent on rail, or cycle infra, that's the point Carlton is making

        2 replies . 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. Carlton Reid‏Verified account @carltonreid Jan 2
        Replying to @TwoWheelsWood @Steve86345897

        Minister for Motorised Transport (And Invisible Ferries).

        0 replies . 1 retweet 11 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Mark Sharon‏ @MarkSharon_DP Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid

        Roads are part of a system Carlton. If you increase fuel duty from its already pernicious levels it must by definition result in less spending by individuals and business elsewhere.

        3 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Carlton Reid‏Verified account @carltonreid Jan 2
        Replying to @MarkSharon_DP

        Fuel tax is regressive, and very much a blunt instrument, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be hiked much higher.

        3 replies . 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Mark Sharon‏ @MarkSharon_DP Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid

        I disagree. It hurts those who have least choice.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. TinpotDown‏ @TinpotDown Jan 2
        Replying to @MarkSharon_DP @carltonreid

        Those that have the least choice don’t drive.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Bairdy‏ @bairdyblues Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid @gouldina

        It's got the stage where I see or read something which has Grayling's name and I automatically assume its bollocks. I don't even read it or listen to it.

        1 reply . 2 retweets 14 likes
      3. mathunt71‏ @mathunt71 Jan 2
        Replying to @bairdyblues @carltonreid @gouldina

        To be fair, that pretty much goes for all Tory politicians. The only promises they look to keep are those they make to their greedy and corrupt benefactors.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. John Dunne  ♿‏ @safc4ever Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid @pedalmeapp

        That's the motorists' misunderstanding of road funding summed up perfectly. Rail funding comes from tickets, so as not to burden the taxpayers for trains if they don't use them. As everybody uses roads, they are funded from general taxation. VED & fuel duty are a minor factor.

        3 replies . 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Murray Colpman‏ @Muzer0 Jan 2
        Replying to @safc4ever @carltonreid @pedalmeapp

        Except that people pay taxes on roads they don't use, especially if they don't drive - they would for example be paying taxes on motorways which they certainly wouldn't be using.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Murray Colpman‏ @Muzer0 Jan 2
        Replying to @Muzer0 @safc4ever and

        This argument can't work both ways - you either say that transport infrastructure (road and rail) is in the common public interest and should be publicly funded, or that both road and rail should be funded proportionally by how much people use them.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Mustafa Arif‏ @ma499 Jan 2
        Replying to @Muzer0 @safc4ever and

        Actually it can. Road use is overwhelmingly greater than rail. See https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/663116/rail-factsheet-2017.pdf … Moreover everyone uses roads (including for walking) whereas rail is only by those who choose to do so. Accordingly an argument can be made for the taxpayer to subsidise one much more.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Maria Peytcheva‏ @backcastme Jan 3
        Replying to @ma499 @Muzer0 and

        "Including for walking" - people walk on the streets but are squeezed into narrow pavements. If you are going to make the use argument, you also have to demand that carriageways be narrowed and pedestrian zones widened.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Mustafa Arif‏ @ma499 Jan 3
        Replying to @backcastme @Muzer0 and

        Well, as a Londoner, normally I’m arguing for carriageway to be reallocated to cycle lanes - and criticising over-expansion of footways that leave no space for cycling. But, yes, footway widening often appropriate, as are new crossings, etc.

        0 replies . 1 retweet 2 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. strowger78‏ @strowger78 Jan 2
        Replying to @carltonreid @BeateKubitz

        but road transport yields a financial profit for the treasury of about £25bn pa. more roads, more traffic, more profit. the rail network loses money. making it bigger means losing money faster.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. ニヤは淋しかろう  🇬🇧‏ @wolfniya Jan 2
        Replying to @strowger78

        The road network loses money. making it bigger means losing money faster.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. strowger78‏ @strowger78 Jan 2
        Replying to @wolfniya

        the road network shits cash on a scale hard to comprehend. the surplus of tax revenues over spending is more than £2bn a month. £800 per second. imagine if it were run to maximise revenue...!

        2 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. CHAIRRDRF‏ @CHAIRRDRF Jan 2
        Replying to @strowger78 @wolfniya

        If you look at the external costs of motoring (pollution, danger, ill health etc.) the really interesting thing is that drivers do not pay anything like enough. See e.g. https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/logistics/news/2018-12-17-costs-of-eu-transport_en … or http://rdrf.org.uk/2012/12/31/the-true-costs-of-automobility-external-costs-of-cars/ … . Plus even less revenue from EVs.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 7 likes
      6. strowger78‏ @strowger78 Jan 2
        Replying to @CHAIRRDRF @wolfniya

        once you start conjuring made-up numbers about imaginary costs, debate is futile. how much is a lung cancer? what is the ability to visit grandma after work worth? what's the hour of commuting that my car saves worth? what's the value of being able to pop to the gym at 0400? 1/2

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. CHAIRRDRF‏ @CHAIRRDRF Jan 2
        Replying to @strowger78 @wolfniya

        Sure, cost-benefit analysis is based on arbitrary values - but if it has been used, why not to talk about costs inflicted by the motorised on society as a whole? It woudl deflate the idea that drivers pay their way and have more rights than walkers/cyclists. 1./

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. CHAIRRDRF‏ @CHAIRRDRF Jan 2
        Replying to @CHAIRRDRF @strowger78 @wolfniya

        Plus it could be a good source of revenue (no more "regressive" than VAT) and acts as disincentive on fuel inefficient cars/driving and driving in first place. 2./

        0 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. End of conversation

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