Editing Rod Eddington (section)

==Government reports==

===Transport Study in Britain===
{{main|Eddington Transport Study}}
On 1 December 2006, Eddington published a UK government-sponsored [[Eddington Transport Study|report into the future of Britain's transport infrastructure]]. Known as the Eddington Transport Study, it spelled out a plan to improve road and rail networks, as a "crucial enabler of sustained productivity and competitiveness".  In its conclusions, the report highlighted Britain's transport networks that provide the right connections, in the right places, to support the journeys that matter to economic performance.  But roads in particular were in serious danger of becoming so congested, the economy would suffer.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

At the launch of the report Eddington told journalists and transport industry representatives introducing [[road pricing]] to encourage drivers to drive less was an "economic no-brainer".  There was, he said "no attractive alternative".  It would cut congestion by half by 2025, and bring benefits to the British economy totalling £28b.<ref>{{cite web| title = Speech by Rod Eddington to the Commonwealth Club in London on 1 December 2006| author = Rod Eddington| date = December 2006| url = http://www.dft.gov.uk/162259/187604/206711/speech| publisher = [[Department for Transport]]| access-date = 29 April 2008| archive-date = 4 July 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080704081713/http://www.dft.gov.uk/162259/187604/206711/speech| url-status = dead}}</ref>

The report also called for a programme of improvements to existing road and rail networks, the expansion of key airports, and adoption of the general principle that travellers should pay for the external costs of the pollution and congestion their journeys cause.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===Transport Study in Victoria, Australia===
{{main|Eddington Transport Report, Victoria}}
Eddington has since delivered a report to the Victorian Government of Australia, the East West Link Needs Assessment report, which was met with mixed reactions. Economic commentators criticised the cost-benefit ratios of Eddington's proposals, which on Eddington's own analysis were marginal at best.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://business.theage.com.au/business/eddington-report-raises-questions-20080403-23ja.html | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | first=Malcolm | last=Maiden | title=Eddington report raises questions | date=4 April 2008}}</ref>