Pricing & Taxation / Lorries & Road Freight

News: The road to good charging can often be bumpy

Editorial by Maarten van Biezen and Chris Nobel, The Netherlands Society for Nature and Environment (T&E member organisation) The idea of basing motoring taxation on the distance a vehicle is driven – generally known these days as a 'kilometre charge' – is in principle a good one which environmental groups have advocated for years. But as recent developments in the Netherlands have shown, the road to good charging can often be a bumpy one.

December 16, 2009 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Findings could boost Eurovignette revision

A study by the Commission's transport directorate and the Joint Research Centre of Sevilla says the overall benefits of charging vehicles for their external costs outweigh the limited negative price impacts on individual transport operators.

December 16, 2009 | T&E Bulletin | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation

News: An opportunity for low-carbon transport that costs nothing

Editorial by Jos Dings, T&E Director There’s a golden opportunity just waiting to be seized in the field of European transport, but the first indications are that it will be missed.

September 11, 2009 | General Transport | T&E Bulletin | Cars | Fuels | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation

News: Lorry charges can make a big difference

Charging lorries for their external costs could contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions from transport, according to a study from the University of Karlsruhe for the Community of European Railways.

September 11, 2009 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Göteborg joins charging club

The Swedish city of Göteborg (Gothenburg) has become the latest to decide to introduce congestion charging.

September 11, 2009 | Cars | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: French lorry charge scheme welcomed

The French National Assembly and Senate have reached agreement on the introduction of a national kilometre-based road charging scheme for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to be introduced by 2011.

July 23, 2009 | Lorries & Road Freight | Press Releases | Pricing & Taxation

News: French join growing club of nations with distance-based lorry charge

France is set to become the fifth EU member to introduce a nationwide heavy goods vehicle charge. But late concessions and a provision for ‘earmarking’ revenues have dampened environmental campaigners’ enthusiasm for the scheme.

July 15, 2009 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: New studies cast more doubt on ‘mega-trucks’

The introduction of longer and heavier lorries on European roads would lead to an increase in CO2 emissions from freight transport according to a new study by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

June 15, 2009 | Climate Change & Energy | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

News: Call for experts: price sensitivity of road freight transport

Transport and Environment (T&E) has launched a call for proposals for a study investigating the price sensitivity of road freight transport in Europe. To see the terms of reference click here. Interested? Contact Nina Renshaw. The deadline for proposals is 9 June 2009.

May 19, 2009 | Calls for Tender | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation

News: External cost charging moves closer in Eurovignette review

The principle of charging heavy vehicles for the ‘external costs’ they cause has been approved by MEPs in their response to the Commission’s proposed revision of the Eurovignette directive, but confusion still surrounds details of how member states can charge for the costs of congestion.

March 12, 2009 | Lorries & Road Freight | Pricing & Taxation | T&E Bulletin

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