EU transport chief calls for European car toll system

The European Union's transport commissioner is calling for a Europe-wide car toll system that would enable motorists to use all European roads without having to stop at borders, says Associated Press. Many countries in the EU have highway toll systems, but they are separate and work in different ways. Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said every country could decide for itself whether it wants a car toll system, but those that do should participate in a standardised electronic system. Bulc plans to
March 29, 2017 Read time: 1 min
The European Union's transport commissioner is calling for a Europe-wide car toll system that would enable motorists to use all European roads without having to stop at borders, says Associated Press.

Many countries in the EU have highway toll systems, but they are separate and work in different ways. Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said every country could decide for itself whether it wants a car toll system, but those that do should participate in a standardised electronic system.

Bulc plans to make proposals for the system in May and said that she aims for an agreement by 2019.
Urban Traffic Control Charging, Tolling & RUC

Related Content

  • IBTTA's Pat Jones: 'It’s about expanding people's comfort zone and mine as well'
    October 24, 2024
    For two decades, Pat Jones, has been executive director and CEO of IBTTA. As he approaches retirement at the end of this year, he talks to Adam Hill about a career spent ‘stretching and growing’ – and helping others to do the same
    Read More
  • Is road user charging the first stop for congestion management?
    July 23, 2012
    David Hytch, Information Systems Director at the Greater Manchester Public Transport Executive, considers just where congestion pricing schemes should sit in transport planners' hierarchy of options for managing demand. On the face of it, Greater Manchester in England's proposed congestion charging scheme hit just about every sweet spot possible when it came to convincing the general public of the need for and benefits of such a venture. There was the promise from national government of almost £3bn-worth of
    Read More
  • Australia’s NRMA welcomes road safety funding boost
    April 2, 2013
    Australia’s National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) has praised the New South Wales (NSW) government's plan to use revenue raised by speed cameras to help boost funding for road safety programs by US$7.3 million. The new Safer Roads Program is part of the Centre for Road Safety's state-wide strategy aimed at cutting the state's road toll by thirty per cent by 2021. The additional funds will see a total of US$37.6 million a year spent on works in areas where the worst crashes are occurring, with the
    Read More
  • Overture is open to the bigger picture
    June 18, 2024
    Four of the biggest players in the world of mapping have joined forces to create easy-to-use, interoperable open data that will power the next generation of maps. Kevin Borras talks collaborative interoperability with Overture Map Foundation’s Marc Prioleau and TomTom’s Willem Strijbosch
    Read More

Highlighted Content