Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Debate continues in Australia about congestion pricing

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Road pricing has shot up the agenda in Australian politics, with two politicians recently expressing opposing views on the issue. The A...
Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Debate continues in Vancouver about road pricing

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I wrote a few weeks ago about how Vancouver is now having an active debate about the future role of tolling and road pricing in raising re...

Calgary considers road pricing or a fuel tax rise

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The Calgary Sun reports that the City of Calgary is having to consider how it bridges a funding shortfall due to declining real revenues f...
Friday, 2 November 2012

Transport for London proposes tolling existing tunnel to pay for new one

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East of the city of London there is a distinct dearth of road crossings of the Thames, which shows in the severe congestion experienced on ...
Thursday, 1 November 2012

Radical privatisation of UK highways proposed by thinktank

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Could the UK's entire road network be privately owned and operated? This is what has been proposed by the Institute of Economic Aff...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Higher road tax for UK motorways?

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Some UK newspapers have a history of vocal opposition to any suggestion of road pricing, so what appears to have happened in the last 24 ho...
Monday, 22 October 2012

Copenhagen congestion charging looking less likely

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Last year, the government in Denmark changed, with the election of a leftwing coalition which included in its coalition agreement a commitm...
Friday, 19 October 2012

Vancouver Mayors hear views on road pricing

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According to the Vancouver Sun , pricing existing roads in Vancouver has moved up the agenda a little, as a panel of experts (including wel...
Thursday, 18 October 2012

Chicago congestion pricing proposal involves HOT lanes and peak tolls

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Chicago may get congestion pricing, so says Illinois media.   However, it isn't quite what most of us in the wider tolling/highways sec...
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Thursday, 11 October 2012

European Commission consults on road charging

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The European Commission has released a series of consultation documents intended to seek guidance on what its role should be for tolling/ro...