Talk:Road space rationing

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Scope

Can I suggest that the scope for this article should be 'any non-financial method of reducing capacity for applicable vehicles. This will fit nicely with the Road pricing article which covers all financial means of reducing demand. Currently the lead implies (eventually) that the only method that is used is based on number-plates. What about physical methods, such as pavement build-outs, conversion of road to cycle lanes or by pedestrianisation, bus-lanes (at certain times, or at all times) etc. Also road entry restrictions for motorised traffic which discourage traffic within a zone. Are these not also 'rationing' systems? PeterEastern (talk) 20:37, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Peter, as you can check by yourself the examples provided (and the article in Spanish has much more content, you can translate it with Google), the subject of the article is indeed restricted to actual implementations of rationing through plate numbers or any other method. Furthermore, this policy is an alternative to congestion pricing (not road pricing, which includes several other policies). So I do think it would be original research to expand other measures such as the ones you listed. Besides, such measures are already covered by existing articles such as traffic calming, low-emission zone, segregated cycle facilities, etc. And by the way, I liked the banner/explanation you provided in the top of the article. Cheers.--Mariordo (talk) 20:59, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Mariordo. You may well be right to leave traffic calming, low-emission zone, segregated cycle facilities etc out of scope. I have no problem with that. However it probably be good to describe the 'other methods' of rationing that you refer to in the lead. Personally I found the lead over-detailed on the theories of externalities and discussions about oil price changes and short on details of how the schemes actually work; the only examples given in the lead relate to number plates. Fyi, my main focus is on the road pricing article. My interest in this article is purely to ensure that they fit together well and we avoid too much duplication. PeterEastern (talk) 22:19, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

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