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Viewing cable 08LONDON349, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS DISCUSSES ROADS AND

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08LONDON349 2008-02-04 17:58 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy London
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LONDON 000349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EAIR ELTN UK
SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS DISCUSSES ROADS AND 
AVIATION IN UK 
 
1. (U) Summary: Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, Ambassador 
Tuttle, and state and local elected officials met with UK 
Transportation Secretary Ruth Kelly on December 7 to discuss 
private-public partnerships to address road congestion, stage II of 
the U.S.-EU aviation agreement, and environmental emissions.  The 
delegation also met with Archie Robertson, CEO Highways Agency, and 
toured that agency's Regional Control Center. End Summary 
 
2. (U) Secretary Peters was accompanied on the trip by South 
Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, 
Missouri Department of Transportation Director Pete Rahn, A/S for 
Transportation Policy Tyler Duvall, DAS for Aviation and 
International Affairs Michael Reynolds, DAS for Governmental Affairs 
Kerry O'Hare, Chief of staff Robert Johnson, and Special Assistant 
to the Secretary Kate Stusrud. 
 
3. (U) Secretary Peters explained to Secretary Kelly President 
Bush's directive to the Department of Transportation (DoT) to help 
reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources of oil and to reduce 
emissions in part by improving fuel efficiency of the USG vehicle 
fleet.  She explained the President's goal of reducing reliance on 
fossil-based fuels by 20 percent in ten years, and the legislative 
process to enact some of these changes into law.  Secretary Peters 
also explained the U.S. corridor management approach of using tax 
benefits and expedited environmental permitting as ways to reduce 
traffic and environmental harm. 
 
Congestion 
---------- 
 
4. (U) Secretary Kelly described UK efforts to reduce congestion as 
having surpassed expectations.  The London municipal government's 
imposition of a congestion fee a few years ago had initially 
frightened the business community, who felt it would damage the 
local economy, but Kelly said there has been no evidence of harm. 
In fact, the tariff has been increased (BPS 8 or USD 16/day) and the 
economy and traffic situation both seem to be fine, Kelly said.  She 
did admit that most people are not "wild" about paying the fee, but 
have accepted it.  Kelly later informed the delegation that 1.8 
million people signed a petition last year complaining that the 
congestion charge was only a revenue generator and violated privacy 
rights (through the many cameras throughout the city capturing 
motorists who have not paid the tax).  Manchester and Cambridge are 
also considering implementing a similar system, and have been 
awarded grants by the British government contingent upon 
implementation of a congestion plan. 
 
5. (U) In addition, Secretary Kelly explained, the UK is opening up 
road shoulders during peak times.  This also defied 
pre-implementation fears of increased injuries; the personal injury 
rate fell from 5 to 1.5.  Kelly attributed this to increased cameras 
and patrols on the roads identifying stopped vehicles, and to people 
beginning to drive more respectfully. 
 
Public Private Partnership 
-------------------------- 
 
5. (U) Secretary Kelly described the UK approach to transferring 
risk to the private sector in building, maintaining and owning 
roadways as a learning process about how to consider and respond to 
inevitable failures.  She said the UK is getting better at reducing 
failure rates as they gain experience.  Kelly said that overcoming 
the public's skepticism of turning to the private sector for 
building infrastructure and assuming risk was difficult, but again, 
has come to be well-accepted in the road sector. 
 
Fuel Taxes 
---------- 
 
6. (U) Secretary Kelly, in response to Director Rahn's question, 
explained that UK fuel taxes are not dedicated to transportation (or 
environmental) projects, but instead go directly to the general 
fund. 
 
Stage II of U.S.-EU Open Skies Negotiations 
------------------------------------------- 
 
7. (SBU) Secretary Peters conveyed the U.S. commitment to moving 
forward with Stage II with the EU and its member states, and to 
working with the U.S. Congress on key issues in the second round of 
negotiations.  Secretary Kelly was pleased to know the U.S. is 
working hard and explained that this is an important issue to the 
UK.  Secretary Peters encouraged Secretary Kelly to communicate 
directly with Congressman Oberstar about the current draft 
legislation in Washington regarding control and ownership that might 
upset the Open Skies agreement. 
 
Environmental Emissions 
------------------------ 
 
 
LONDON 00000349  002 OF 002 
 
 
8. (SBU) Secretary Peters described the U.S. desire to work with the 
UK and Europe on a balanced approach within ICAO to emissions 
issues.  Kelly said there was a pre-condition to aviation 
discussions that there be some type of framework around which all 
could begin discussions - and that the European Emissions Trading 
System is the best framework from which to learn.  She said Europe 
had learned from the U.S. experience on emissions trading about how 
to price externalities. 
 
Highway Agency 
-------------- 
 
9. (U) In a separate meeting, Highways CEO Robertson explained his 
agency's role, and how he encourages his team to borrow ideas from 
the U.S., i.e., HOV lanes, balancing of the flow with demand 
measures, controlling speed using signals, etc.  He further 
explained the hard-shoulder pilot program on 17KM of highway which 
has polled an 80% customer satisfaction rate due to its reliability, 
and questioned whether in this age of more reliable vehicles there 
is actually a need for an emergency lane.  He also indicated that 
congestion pricing will be his second demand management tool.  In a 
country with approximately 30 million drivers/year averaging 
15,000-20,000 miles/year there have been a total of 3000 roadway 
deaths.  The delegation then visited a Highways Agency traffic 
management center outside of London, where they were shown motorway 
traffic management technology. 
 
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