The legislative and policy context of the common transport policy -- European transport initiatives -- The polluter pays principle : the theory of market mechanisms -- Road pricing in theory and practice -- Sustainable development and transport -- The polluter pays principle in practice.

Progress towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) will require widespread acceptance of the need for EST, and a mix of measures designed to achieve the necessary changes to overcome the barriers to EST. Some of the measures will be hard measures, which include taxes, emission...