Saturday, 4 December 2010

Commentary - Urban congestion charging needs governance reform

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One of the biggest problems facing any policy makers seeking to introduce any form of congestion pricing in a city is not a matter of techno...
Thursday, 2 December 2010

Puerto Rico seeking to privatise toll roads

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Bloomberg reports that the US territory of Puerto Rico has shortlisted four bidders for the privatisation of two toll roads on the island. ...

Australian Federal Government advocating road pricing

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The Australian newspaper has reported that the Australian Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, has launched a di...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010

UK investigates more tolling and private finance

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Cambridge News reports on how the UK Department for Transport is to investigate whether tolling can be used to help pay for a proposed new ...
Sunday, 28 November 2010

World Bank advocates toll roads for Africa

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Bloomberg reports that the International Finance Corp (IFC), the finance wing of the World Bank, is promoting the development of toll roads...

Brisa seeking new toll road investments

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Bloomberg reports that Portuguese toll road company Brisa is deliberately seeking new opportunities to diversify its toll road portfolio as...

Consult Australia promotes Brisbane congestion charge to subsidise rail

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The Brisbane Times reports that Consult Australia (formerly the Association of Consulting Engineers) is proposing a congestion charge for c...
Saturday, 27 November 2010

Reduce oil dependency by introducing congestion pricing?

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The Mobility Choice Coalition has released a report (PDF) that focuses on improving choice and competition in transport, but which also cl...
Friday, 26 November 2010

UPDATE: RBS bails out of Brisbane toll road (originally Brisbane's M7 Clem Jones toll tunnel fails to meet forecasts)

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The M7 Clem Jones tunnel is Brisbane's (Australia) newest toll road being a A$3.2 billion project to connect ( maps here ) the near sout...

UPDATE: Sale of Queensland Motorways postponed (originally Brisbane City Council keen to buy Queensland Motorways)

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In a peculiar move, the Brisbane Times reports that Brisbane City Council appears set to bid to purchase the company Queensland Motorways ...