As a sop to the party faithful, it included clauses allowing oil drilling in previously protected areas and ending the hypothecation of any petrol-tax revenue for public transport.
From 93% of revenue in 1998, international crude transport revenues have fallen to 67%, as Arntzen assembles a fleet of smaller ships to haul gasoline and other refined products shorter distances.
For Bombardier's global transport division, by contrast, the share of revenue from services went down between 2007 and 2010, from 21% to 14%.
User fees, says Mary Peters, the secretary of transport, are a way to reduce congestion while raising revenue for other projects.
You argue that in this way the only losers are those who can afford to pay for the luxury, and that the revenue could then be used to improve public transport.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said fines were not central government revenue, but were collected by the court service and passed through the DfT to the safety camera partnerships to be reinvested.
But if properly managed, the rush of tourists could provide the revenue for improvements to road, rail and air transport that would benefit the whole economy.
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For that reason, Natsios still maintains that the post-referendum revenue sharing is likely to look much as it does now, the South conceding the greater share of revenue that independence should afford it to preserve its transport route and keep its border peaceful.
Revenue from these charges was to be earmarked for local transport projects, a notable concession by the Treasury.
The extra tax revenue is being used to improve services such as public transport, which among other benefits makes it a better place to do business.
The council said any surplus revenue raised from the charge would be used to help pay for other transport projects in the borough.
Unfortunately, the main motive for the road-use tax in the case of Oslo is to raise general revenue for the government, and not to improve the city's transport system.
While the growth has boosted tourism-related revenue, the volume of visitors to Minneriya -- and the 4WDs required to transport them through the park -- has caught the attention of wildlife conservationists.
Transport minister Simon Burns said that the fares and ticketing review was "not about squeezing more revenue out of regulated fares and that any changes stemming from it would need to be balanced and fair".
Conservative transport spokeswoman Theresa Villiers said the figures would lead people to wonder whether fines were being used "just to raise revenue".
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