Friday, 24 December 2010

No Dartford Crossing hypothecation, so what should be done?

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A curious article has appeared on the BBC News website reporting that UK Transport Minister, Mike Penning, has contradicted an earlier stat...

FT reviews road charging and makes some useful points

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An article in the UK Financial Times (registration required at no charge) reviews road charging, in light of the abolition of the Western ...
Thursday, 23 December 2010

Malaysian toll road company, Plus Expressways, to be "privatised"

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PLUS Expressways is Malaysia's biggest concessionaire toll road company, and one of the largest toll road companies in Southeast Asia. ...
Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Does Beijing need congestion pricing?

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An article published by the official Chinese government owned Xinhua News Agency claims to have been written by " lead infrastructure ...

Russia embarking on major toll funded motorway construction programme

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Russian newspaper Vedomosti has reported that the Russian Government intends to build 3000km of tolled highways.  This includes the already ...
Monday, 20 December 2010

London congestion charge changes in January 2011

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On 4 December 2010 I posted about one of the major changes to the London Congestion Charging scheme that will come into effect on 4 January...

Swiss launch 2nd generation heavy vehicle OBU

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Switzerland has the world's oldest electronic based distance road user charging scheme.  The LSVA (Leistungsabhängige Schwerverkehrsabga...

London Mayor's Air Quality Strategy includes more road charging

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London Mayor Boris Johnson has released his Air Quality Strategy ( full version here , executive summary here ), and it includes a wide rang...

Indonesia aiming for more electronic toll takeup

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The Jakarta Post reports that Indonesian toll road company, PT Jasa Marga Tbk, is aiming for a major increase in electronic tolling takeup ...

No congestion charge for Melbourne says new Deputy Premier

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The recent State election in Victoria, Australia saw the Labour Party ousted for the centre-right Liberal/National coalition.  Melbourne has...