Pre-study on road user charging systems
Tienkayttomaksujarjestelmat. Esiselvitys
Road user charges have been collected in Europe and around the world for many years. User or congestion charges are applied not only for financing of transport infrastructure and its maintenance but also as a traffic management tool to reduce congestion and emissions, for access control to cities and as an environmental charge for heavy goods vehicles. In many countries user charges are an integral part of transport taxation policy and transport infrastructure financing. Road user charges are also an important element of European transport policy to ensure sustainability. The Commission aims at a situation where the costs of the infrastructure are mainly covered by the users. A road user charging system enables differentiation of the charges according to vehicle type, time and location of use. The European Parliament and the Council have in 2004 given a Directive on interoperability of Road User Charging systems in Europe that also defines the technologies to be used for the on-board equipment: satellite positioning (GNSS), cellular networks (GSM + GPRS) or short range communication (DSRC 5,8 GHz). According to international legislation on-board equipment can not be mandatory for foreign vehicles and therefore alternative ways of payment has to be offered. For reasons of equality the charge has to be the same regardless of the way of payment. For heavy goods vehicles also the so called Eurovignette Directive applies. This Directive is currently being amended. The objectives of this pre-study were to describe the international legal framework and different possibilities of applying charges (including network and vehicles to be charged, type of charge, charging technologies and enforcement issues). Systems, studies and experiences in many countries (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Czech Republic) are examined. Furthermore, various possibilities to respond to the changing conditions for transport taxation and charging systems are described from a Finnish point of view. This report may be found at http://www.mintc.fi/oliver/upl258-Julkaisuja%2017_2006.pdf
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Authors:
- APPEL, K
- TERVONEN, J
- RASANEN, J
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- Finnish
Media Info
- Pagination: 76p
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Serial:
- PUBLICATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Issue Number: 17/2006
- Publisher: MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS FINLAND
- ISSN: 0783-2680
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Drivers; Location; Prices; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Travelers
- Identifier Terms: European Union
- Geographic Terms: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Norway; Sweden; Switzerland
- ITRD Terms: 8007: Austria; 8008: Belgium; 632: Congestion (traffic); 224: Cost; 8158: Czech Republic; 8028: Denmark; 8303: EU; 8035: Finland; 8125: Germany; 8043: Hungary; 9061: Location; 8078: Netherlands; 8084: Norway; 240: Road pricing; 1755: Road user; 9125: Satellite; 8109: Sweden; 8110: Switzerland
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01032620
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: TRL
- ISBN: 952-201-532-6
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 6 2006 2:00PM