The Green Light Group (GLG) is a collaboration between professional organisations whose technical expertise informs our advice about the best methods of delivering a road pricing system in the UK.
The group is led by the Institution of Civil Engineers and includes representatives from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, the Institution of Highways and Transportation, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Transport Planning Society. The bodies making up GLG have over 185,000 members.
Green Light Group activity
The Green Light Group produced a series of reports, each contributing to a different area of the road pricing debate. These included:
Road Pricing - What are the facts? This report from the Green Light Group addressed some of the key facts surrounding the road pricing debate before moving on to outline the options we can consider to ease congestion problems.
Road Pricing - Can the Technology Cope? This report focused on the issue of technology. Are current systems up to the job of handling a UK-wide, pay as you go road charging scheme? It considered the pros and cons of each available technology, with the aim of simplifying the process of choosing the fairest, most reliable system for the UK.
Although Government has stated firmly that road-pricing will not be considered in this current Parliament, the GLG still keeps in contact to consider the feasibility of parking levies and the potential for road-pricing in the future.