Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Australia: Interest grows in moving from fuel tax to distance charging

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According to the Australian Financial Review , in a bold and brave step, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has declared that it s...
Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Dartford Crossing issues

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I was invited by BBC Essex radio to be interviewed on the James Whale breakfast show this morning, specifically about the Dartford Crossing...
Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Call for much wider road pricing in London

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London's congestion charging scheme is world famous, in the esoteric world of road pricing, because it was the first major Western city...
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Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Long term trend towards less oil use - what does this mean for fuel tax?

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An excellent article in Slate describes the long term trend in the use of transport fuels in the United States: According to the EIA, t...
Thursday, 14 May 2015

Vancouver telephone debate indicates introducing sales tax would be unpopular

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The Surrey Leader reports on a telephone town hall on the referendum for a proposed regional sales tax to pay for public transport improvem...

Hong Kong to consult on congestion pricing, rejects raising fuel tax or promoting car-pooling

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Hong Kong newspaper The Standard reports that the Hong Kong Transport Secretary, Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, has announced that there is t...
Saturday, 25 April 2015

Norway reviewing future of fuel tax

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Norway has started a review of motoring taxation and its support for subsidies for electric vehicles according to Reuters . It had a ta...
Thursday, 26 February 2015

Talk of Beijing congestion charging creates opposition

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Typically, narratives around government policies in China are dominated by the false belief that if a Chinese Government body says something...
Thursday, 19 February 2015

Hong Kong report proposes electronic road pricing

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Congestion pricing in Hong Kong seems like a no-brainer, and the authorities in Hong Kong, both before and since the "hand-over" ...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Jakarta finally proceeding with urban congestion charging

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As has been discussed previously on here , Indonesia's capital has been looking at replicating the success of its neighbour, Singapore,...
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