Tuesday, 26 March 2013

UK government confirms road pricing and privatisation off the agenda for now

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I noted last week that the latest Budget from the UK government seemed to indicate that there will be no reform of Vehicle Excise Duty (a t...
Friday, 22 March 2013

UK Budget - easier to tax owning a car than using it?

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Yesterday, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance/Treasurer), George Osborne, released the 2013 budget.  The entire conten...
Monday, 18 March 2013

Texas - leading toll road state in the USA?

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Is Texas the king state for tolling in the US? A story from TV station KENS5 on its website seems to suggest this.  Some key points: ...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

News briefs - Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK, USA

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Australia - Transport Reform Network calls for treating highways as utilities Supply Chain Review reports that the cross-sector lobby ...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

India's Ministry of Urban Development promoting congestion charging

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The New Indian Express reports that the Ministry of Urban Development Secretary, Sudhir Khrishna (who is a professional civil servant, no...
Tuesday, 12 March 2013

News briefs - Australia, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, USA

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Australia - Heavy vehicle charges review starts Transport and Logistics News Australia reports on how the National Transport Commissio...
Monday, 11 March 2013

Why are New York mayoral candidates ignoring congestion pricing?

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Capital New York reports with a question - why are the 2013 Mayoral candidates treating congestion pricing "like a third rail" (...
Thursday, 7 March 2013

UK highway privatisation/reform stalled... again

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The Financial Times reports that the Budget is unlikely to see any announcement around highways privatisation, for fears of a political ba...
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...