Spain's toll removal creates major traffic congestion

Five years after toll removal on two major Spanish highways, the results show an unprecedented explosion of automobile traffic.

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The fact

This free access policy, intended to improve mobility, has generated chronic congestion and negative environmental impacts.

The Spanish case illustrates the complex economic and environmental effects of highway toll abolition.

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