Monday, 4 May 2026

New Zealand Transport Minister recognises road pricing as a tool to defer new road capacity

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It’s extraordinarily rare for politicians leading transport policy to understand road pricing beyond one dimension. Either they think it is ...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

When IS the right time for Australia to introduce road user charging?

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RUC is a current issue in Australia I was fortunate enough to be moderating a panel at this year's ITS Australia Roads, Tolling and Tec...
Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Terminology: Road user charging, tolls... what do people mean?

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I've written about this before , but I thought it was timely to repeat the point... Early on with this blog I bemoaned the plethora of w...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

Iceland's world first: What does it teach others?

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Ten years ago nobody talked about Iceland and road user charging.  Even five years ago there was little thought given to the small European ...
Monday, 9 February 2026

California's Road Charge - A study in policy paralysis

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Forbes Magazine recently published an article headlined "California Mileage Tax—Pilot Programs And Permanent Policy Inertia" by A...
Monday, 1 December 2025

UK to implement road user charging for EVs and Plug-in Hybrids - called eVED

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As was widely forecast, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Rachel Reeves, announced in the 2025 Budget that the ...
Wednesday, 12 November 2025

New Zealand's Parliament passes legislation to enable congestion pricing - unanimously (but the details will come later)

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In a possibly unprecedented step, the New Zealand Parliament has voted - unanimously - to pass legislation allowing for "Time of Use ro...