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Charging, Tolling & RUC

Q-Free wins its second tag order from South Africa in as many months
February 2, 2012
Q-Free has received its second multi-million dollar tag order from ETC, a joint venture led by Kapsch TrafficCom in South Africa, for use on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project.
Free-flow tolling needs classification technology rethink
February 2, 2012
The move to all-electronic fee collection should be encouraging tolling authorities to look again at whether their vehicle classification criteria and technologies remain at all appropriate. Bob Lees of Idris Technology writes
Is Europe's Galileo project value for money?
February 2, 2012
Philippe Hamet discusses the progress of the European Union's Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System Project
Gothenburg to implement congestion charging
February 2, 2012
Gothenburg, which is line to become Sweden's second major city to implement congestion charging, will not enjoy the pre-deployment trials and referendum which Stockholm did. But, says the STA's Eva Söderberg, this is less of an issue than might be imagined
Taiwan quantifies ETC savings
February 2, 2012
Last year Taiwan saved more than US$18.75 million in energy conservation and carbon emission reductions in 2009 thanks to the use of an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system on the country’s freeways, the Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau has announced.
Need for performance standards for road user charging systems
February 2, 2012
GNSS-based road use metering systems need performance metrics, as well as ways to test and reliably compare them. Bern Grush and Joaquín Cosmen write about the function of the GNSS Metering Association for Road-use charging (GMAR), recently set up to address this issue
Financing the US road infrastructure – road user charging?
February 2, 2012
In the US, the National Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission's report to Congress will state that a national, distance-based charging is the only long-term solution to the country's infrastructure financing problems. The Commission's Chair, Rob Atkinson, talks to ITS International
Financing the US road infrastructure – road user charging?
February 2, 2012
In the US, the National Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission's report to Congress will state that a national, distance-based charging is the only long-term solution to the country's infrastructure financing problems. The Commission's Chair, Rob Atkinson, talks to ITS International
$175 million for ETC on bistate crossings
February 2, 2012
The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has authorised the purchase of a new toll collection system for the agency’s six bi-state crossings, which will have the capability to accommodate all-electronic tolling in the future.
Cooperative infrastructure - the future for tolling?
February 2, 2012
Leading European tolling solution providers give a snapshot of how they think tolling's technological future will look