Friday, 16 September 2011

Melbourne Eastlink faces takeover crunch time

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A casual observer of the Australian PPP toll road scene might be excused for being pessimistic about the finances of them. After all, more ...

Washington State Initiative 1125 - good intentions marred by unrealistic complexity

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According to The NewsPaper , there will be a vote in November in Washington State, USA, on Initiative 1125 . The referendum will require a ...
Thursday, 15 September 2011

Philippine government pushing more toll roads and VAT on tolls

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Reuters reports that the Filipino government is seeking bids for a US$37 million DBFO toll road project called the Daang Hari-SLEX toll roa...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Jakarta congestion pricing - what might it look like?

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The unfolding story of Jakarta’s planned introduction of congestion charging (called ERP - Electronic Road Pricing, just like Singapore) loo...

New South Wales tolling policy has become less clear

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Politics in the Australian state of New South Wales have been characterised by one very long term by the Labor Party, which won every electi...

Indiana toll road privatisation success?

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There has been a fair bit of controversy about the temporary privatisation of the Indiana Toll Road , largely because it is seen by some as ...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Brisbane's other unprofitable toll road

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The bankruptcy of the privately owned Clem 7 tunnel has already been noted on this blog , a victim of a combination of overly-optimistic tra...

Texas toll road revenue forecasts look bleak

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The global economic slowdown has particularly hit toll roads in a number of countries. I’ve already noted how Ireland , Spain and Californi...

News briefs: Australia and Sweden

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Toll evasion in Queensland : Brisbane’s Courier Mail reports that the Queensland Government is owed A$7 million (US$7.3 million) in unpaid ...
Thursday, 8 September 2011

What should a Beijing congestion charge system look like? 了北京交通拥堵费应该是什么样子？

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北京交通拥堵费 The BBC reported earlier this week that the Xinhua News Agency had reported that Beijing is looking to introduce congestion prici...