Tuesday, 26 February 2013

News briefs - Argentina, Australia, Chile, London

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Buenos Aires and Santiago both consider forms of congestion pricing Drew Reed in Transportation Nation writes about how Buenos Aires and...
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Monday, 25 February 2013

Virginia replaces fuel tax with fuel and general tax

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I wrote in January about how Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell proposed replacing the state's fuel tax with an increase in sales tax , as...
Thursday, 21 February 2013

Brisconnections goes into receivership - another victim of toll road optimism bias?

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It has now been reported by various Australian news outlets that Brisconnections, the company behind the AirportLink toll road in Brisbane...
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Monday, 18 February 2013

10 years of London's congestion charge - a success or disappointment?

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I, along with thousands of other policy, economics, consultancy and transport planning professionals watched the news from London closely ...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Vehicle taxation reform with little measurable benefit

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Once again, news media in the UK have been reporting on the ongoing discussions within government to reform motoring taxes in the context o...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Transurban half year results positive, but what are the details?

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Australian toll road investor Transurban has released its results for the six months ended 31 December 2012, which report an increase in t...
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Intelligent fuel taxation?

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As jurisdictions in North America and elsewhere look at what to do about the future of fuel taxation, one suggestion has been put forward b...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Germany considering congestion charges and vignettes, to raise money

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Background In the road pricing world, Germany is best known for one system - the LKW-Maut truck toll which charges all trucks 12 tonn...
Monday, 4 February 2013

News briefs - Indonesia, North Carolina, Washington DC

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Indonesia - Jakarta to get six new urban toll roads Jakarta has serious congestion, which is estimated to cost RP46 trillion (US$4.7 ...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

London consults on changes to congestion charge

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Transport for London is consulting currently on a series of changes to London's congestion charging scheme.   All of them affect a rel...