Sustainable Transport Case Study, Full answer

Explain how transport is being managed in urban areas. You should refer to a number of different sustainable schemes in your answer (6)

There are a number of ways transport is being managed in urban areas. For example, in some areas they use congestion charging and park and ride schemes.

Congestion charging involves motorists paying to travel in certain parts of the city during the busiest times of the day. This should encourage less people to use their own cars as they don't want to spend the money, thus resulting in less traffic congestion.

An example is the London Congestion Charge, which was introduced in 2003. Motorists had to pay £5 to enter the…