Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 19.4 (continued)
Countries
visited
Purpose/
objective
Type of pricing
Milestone dates
Technology
Measured
impacts
Annual revenues
and cost (in USD)
a
Distribution of net
revenues
Czech
Republic:
Truck
Charging on
Highways
Generate
revenue and
promote user-
pays principle
(primary)
Truck charges on selected
national highways based on
distance traveled, number
of axles, and emissions
class
Opening January
2007
Transponder-based
DSRC system with
gantries on mainline
highways
Average toll
rate of US
$0.35 per mi
on freeways
Gross revenue
(2008): CZK6
billion (US$340
million)
Net revenues for
roads and
highways, railway
lines, and inland
transport mutes
Originally for
HGVs >12 metric
tons
Advance
environmental
objectives
(secondary)
Overhead costs:
30 % of gross
revenues
Expansion to
include trucks
>3.5 metric tons
in January 2010
ANPR for
enforcement
Average toll rate:
CZK4.05 per km
(US $0.36 per mi)
for highways;
CZK1.90 per km
(US$0.17 per mi)
for
ist-dass roads
Planned
The
Netherlands:
National
distance-
based lax
Planned to
manage
congestion,
replace vehicle
tax revenue,
and promote
user-pays
principle
(primary)
National distance-based
road pricing of all vehicles
(commercial trucks and
private cars) on all
roadways
Phased
implementation
originally
planned to begin
in 2011, with all
trucks cove red
by 2012 and all
vehicles by 2018
Underdevelopment,
likely GPS for
vehicle location,
GSM-based data
communication, and
DSRC interrogation
with ANPR for
enforcement
2020
forecasted
results: 10
-
5 % reduction
in vehicle-
miles traveled
Gross revenues
(2019 forecasted):
€
9 billion (US
$13.1 billion)
Revenues intended
to replace existing
vehicle ownership
taxes
40
-
60 %
reduction in
delays
Overhead costs: to
be determined
(capped in law at
5 % of gross
revenues)
Promote transit
and protect
environment
(secondary)
Implementation
on hold because
of parliamentary
elections in June
2010
10 %
reduction in
C0
2
6 % increase
in public
transit use
Capital costs
(estimated):
5.7
billion (US$8.3
billion)
€
Source
Reference [
8
], p 9. Table 1
a
Prevailing exchange rates of 2010.
