Tuesday, 4 April 2023

Australia quietly runs the National Heavy Vehicle Charging Pilot - manual option

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The Australian Commonwealth Government has been undertaking a programme of trialling distance and weight based road user charging (RUC) for ...
Thursday, 9 March 2023

Cambridge (UK) announced plans for a congestion charge - and it is not going well

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The Greater Cambridge Partnership has announced plans to introduce a congestion charge for the city of Cambridge. This has been mulled for ...
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Friday, 11 November 2022

Congestion pricing doesn't require public transport to be an alternative for most trips - the Mayor of Auckland makes a common mistake

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Does congestion pricing need all motorists to have a "reasonable alternative", by mode of transport? No. The alternatives to conge...
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Monday, 17 October 2022

Hong Kong to introduce congestion pricing on Cross-Harbour Tunnels

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Hong Kong has been investigating congestion pricing since 1984, but in recent years seemed like it was likely to progress some sort of cordo...
Thursday, 12 May 2022

Western Australia to implement RUC for EVs, Auckland congestion charging to be announced, Virginia launches RUC in July 2022

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I've been very busy, but there are some announcements worth noting as follows Western Australia announces it will introduce distance-bas...
Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Will Denmark be the next European country to develop light-vehicle RUC?

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According to the Ministry of Transport website of Denmark  (in Danish), the Danish Government has agreed to a pilot of road user charging (R...
Monday, 21 February 2022

Does road user charging harm electric vehicle sales?

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RUC makes little difference to EV sales. Under a year ago I wrote this piece Would RUC for EVs harm sales?  largely in reference to concerns...
Thursday, 17 February 2022

UK House of Commons Transport Committee Road Pricing report released - so here's my review of it

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Nothing new in the UK investigating road pricing The UK's journey towards national road pricing has been long and arduous.  It once star...
Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Can 2022 see congestion pricing moving faster than a glacier?

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For all of the fanfare and success of the late 1990s and early 2000s in congestion pricing being launched, it is 2022 and it is still possib...
Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Will the Mayor of London introduce road pricing on a wide scale?

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Transport for London (TfL) has a serious financial crisis due to ongoing declines in patronage of London Underground, Overground and bus ser...