Editing Stockholm (section)

=== Roads ===
[[File:Norra Länken nov 2016.jpg|thumb|[[Norra länken]] (North link) motorway in Stockholm]]
Stockholm is at the junction of the [[International E-road network|European routes]] [[European route E4|E4]], [[European route E18|E18]] and [[European route E20|E20]]. A [[Stockholm Ring Road|half-completed motorway ring road]] exists on the south, west and north sides of the City Centre. The northern section of the ring road, Norra Länken, opened for traffic in 2015 while the final subsea eastern section is being discussed as a future project. A bypass motorway for traffic between Northern and Southern Sweden, [[Förbifart Stockholm]], is being built. The many islands and waterways make extensions of the road system both complicated and expensive, and new motorways are often built as systems of tunnels and bridges.

==== Congestion charges ====
{{Main|Stockholm congestion tax}}

[[File:Betalstation 2010.jpg|right|thumb|A control point for the congestion charge leading up to [[Essingeleden]]]]
Stockholm has a [[congestion pricing]] system, the Stockholm congestion tax,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congestion tax in Stockholm from 1 August |url=http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____17154.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302045327/http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____17154.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=2 August 2007 |publisher=[[Road Administration (Sweden)|Swedish Road Administration]]}}</ref> in use on a permanent basis since 1 August 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trängselskatt i Stockholm |url=http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____10911.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709043015/http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____10911.aspx |archive-date=9 July 2007 |access-date=1 August 2007 |publisher=[[Road Administration (Sweden)|Swedish Road Administration]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 August 2007 |title=Odramatisk start för biltullarna |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/odramatisk-start-for-biltullarna/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930205105/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1298&a=676098 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> after having had a seven-month trial period in the first half of 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stockholmsförsöket |url=http://www.stockholmsforsoket.se/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715053128/http://www.stockholmsforsoket.se/ |archive-date=15 July 2007 |access-date=18 July 2007 |publisher=Stockholmsförsöket }}</ref> The City Centre is within the congestion tax zone. All the entrances and exits of this area have unmanned control points operating with [[automatic number plate recognition]]. All vehicles entering or exiting the congestion tax affected area, with a few exceptions, have to pay 10–20&nbsp;[[Swedish krona|SEK]] (1.09–2.18&nbsp;[[Euro|EUR]], 1.49–2.98&nbsp;[[United States dollar|USD]]) depending on the time of day between 06:30 and 18:29. The maximum tax amount per vehicle per day is SEK&nbsp;60 (EUR&nbsp;6.53).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tider och belopp |url=http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____21106.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703093159/http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____21106.aspx |archive-date=3 July 2007 |access-date=1 August 2007 |publisher=[[Road Administration (Sweden)|Swedish Road Administration]]}}</ref> Payment is done by various means within 14 days after one has passed one of the control points; one cannot pay at the control points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Betalning |url=http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____10914.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629033634/http://www.vv.se/templates/page3____10914.aspx |archive-date=29 June 2007 |access-date=1 August 2007 |publisher=[[Road Administration (Sweden)|Swedish Road Administration]]}}</ref>

After the trial period was over, consultative referendums were held in Stockholm Municipality and several other municipalities in Stockholm County. The then-reigning government ([[Persson Cabinet]]) stated that they would only take into consideration the results of the referendum in [[Stockholm Municipality]]. The opposition parties ([[Alliance (Sweden)|Alliance for Sweden]]) stated that if they were to form a cabinet after the [[2006 Swedish general election|general election]]—which was held the same day as the congestion tax referendums—they would take into consideration the referendums held in several of the other municipalities in [[Stockholm County]] as well. The results of the referendums were that the Stockholm Municipality voted for the congestion tax, while the other municipalities voted against it. The opposition parties won the general election and a few days before they formed government ([[Reinfeldt Cabinet]]) they announced that the congestion tax would be reintroduced in Stockholm, but that the revenue would go entirely to road construction in and around Stockholm. During the trial period and according to the agenda of the previous government the revenue went entirely to public transport.