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Overseas ERP going green
Thu, Nov 06, 2008
The Straits Times

 

ELECTRONIC Road Pricing (ERP) systems abroad will soon be able to do more than just charge drivers for contributing to congestion.

The Netherlands is looking to introduce tolls that bill motorists for the amount of pollution their vehicles spew into the environment.

It is a system that will encourage drivers to go for greener cars and help ease global warming, said Professor David Hensher at a major gathering of transport experts yesterday.

 

 


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