| Number of active zones | Annual operational costs (£000) | Annual penalty charge income (£000) | Annual value of congestion/pollution reduction (£000) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEZ cameras | 150 | 6 200 | 5 100 | 18 500 |
| Bus Lane cameras | 320 | 4 100 | 8 400 | 12 300 |
Note: (i) Penalty charge income has been classified as a benefit for local authorities rather than as a cost to motorists. (ii) Bus lane cameras detect unauthorized vehicles occupying designated public-transit lanes during restricted hours.
Using Extract E, identify two significant points of comparison between the costs and the benefits of the two types of transit enforcement camera.
378 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Economics 1.8 The market mechanism, market failure and government intervention in markets, covering 1.8.1 How markets and prices allocate resources, 1.8.2 The meaning of market failure, 1.8.3 Public goods, private goods and quasi-public goods, 1.8.4 Positive and negative externalities in consumption and production, 1.8.5 Merit and demerit goods, 1.8.6 Market imperfections, 1.8.7 Competition policy (A-level only), 1.8.8 Public ownership, privatisation, regulation and deregulation of markets (A-level only), 1.8.9 Government intervention in markets, and 1.8.10 Government failure. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.