Australia’s first real-world trial of road charging options has found that motorists are open to a different way of paying for the nation’s roads. Transurban chief executive officer Scott Charlton said the first stage of the Melbourne Road Usage Study suggested a user-pays system could work in Australia, providing fair, sustainable and flexible funding for the infrastructure.
The 18-month study, led by Transurban and supported by independent research and technology specialists, looked at how people used
