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1. Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n Road user charging<\/strong> is the fee charged for using a vehicle in an urban area. It belongs to the category of road charging measures, which includes road tolls, distance or time based pricing and polluting vehicles pricing. Road charge is currently used to pay for infrastructure costs, but it is important to point out that that motivation may sometimes present consequences contrary to sustainable mobility (i.e. when pricing is abolished in higher traffic areas, inside urban areas). As an incentive to bicycle use, it is important to mention congestion fees, which aim at influencing traffic volume and discouraging the use of congested streets in moments of higher pressure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a wide range of design options which allow the measure to serve the objectives of several policies:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Measure’s importance<\/strong><\/p>\n Charging fees in urban streets pushes people to change their behaviour regarding individual transport, encouraging changes in trips schedule and itinerary in relation to peak and congested times and environmentally sensitive areas. It reduces the general level of car use, either by shifting from car to other means of transport, or by reducing the amount of car trips. Therefore, implementing this kind of changes is important to an efficient mobility, while the generation of income can contribute to financing an integrated local transport strategy.<\/p>\n\n