Charging, Tolling & RUC

Highway toll charges in South Korea for electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will halve from September, the transport ministry has said, reports Yonhap News Agency.

Q-Free has recently won two tolling contracts with a combined order value of approximately US$4 million (NOK35 million).

Kapsch TrafficCom North America is pleased to report that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge has ruled in its favour in a legal action brought by Neology, seeking to prevent Kapsch from importing certain electronic tolling products using the ISO/IEC 18000-6C communications protocol (6C Standard).

The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) says new proposals announced by the Mayor of London for road charging based on elements such as distance travelled and vehicle emissions could be a positive step for freight operators, provided they don’t simply add cost.

UK communications watchdog Ofcom is proposing a consultation to open up the 5.8 GHz spectrum, which is used for tolling, to other uses including wi-fi.

Australian investment firm IFM, which co-owns Manchester Airport and Anglian Water, has bought the UK’s M6 toll road, reports the BBC.

One of Australia’s largest tollways, EastLink, has successfully switched over to a new tolling back office system and customer website, provided by intelligent transport systems provider SICE. EastLink (M3) is the 39km freeway in Melbourne's east connecting the Eastern, Monash, Frankston and Peninsula Link freeways. The new tolling back office system is a tailored version of SICE’s billing and invoicing system (BIS) and, since going live, has been processing the tolls and payments for the 250,000 vehicle tr

One of Australia’s largest tollways, EastLink, has successfully switched over to a new tolling back office system and customer website, provided by intelligent transport systems provider SICE.

One of Australia’s largest tollways, EastLink, has successfully switched over to a new tolling back office system and customer website, provided by intelligent transport systems provider SICE.

The New Zealand Government and Auckland Council have begun a project to investigate smarter transport pricing in Auckland.