Road User Charges : Current Practice and Perspectives in Central and Eastern Europe

This paper covers the most commonly used means to charge road users, including fuel taxes, vehicle taxes, vignettes and tolls. It presents a brief survey of road user charging systems in selected European countries and a more detailed overview of current status and perspectives of road user charges in Poland. Consideration is also given to private financing of roads through different forms of public-private partnerships (PPP), including a review of potential applications of the World Bank toolkit for PPP in highways as an instrument to help decision makers and practitioners to define the best PPP approach for a specific country.

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Main Authors: Queiroz, Cesar, Rdzanowska, Barbara, Garbarczyk, Robert, Audige, Michel
Language:English
Published: 2008-11-01
Subjects:ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS, ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AMBULANCES, ASPHALT, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION, AXLE LOAD, AXLES, BRIDGES, BUS, BUSES, CAPITAL COSTS, CAR, CAR OWNERSHIP, CARS, COMPETITIVE SELECTION, CONCESSION, CONCESSION CONTRACTS, CONCESSIONAIRES, CONCESSIONS, CONGESTION, CONGESTION CHARGE, CONGESTION CHARGES, CONGESTION CHARGING, CONGESTION CHARGING SCHEME, CONGESTION PRICING, CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST OF ROAD MAINTENANCE, COST RECOVERY, CRASHES, CROSSING, DEDICATED ROAD, DIRECT ROAD USER, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC PAYMENT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC TOLL, ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION, ELECTRONIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION, EMISSION, EMISSIONS, ENGINE, EXCISE DUTY, EXPENDITURES ON ROADS, FINANCIAL APPRAISAL, FINANCIAL CLOSURE, FINANCIAL COMPENSATION, FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCING OF ROADS, FRAMEWORK, FREEWAYS, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL PRICES, FUEL SAVINGS, FUEL TAX, FUEL TAX REVENUES, FUEL TAXES, FUNDS FOR ROADS, GARAGES, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS, GPS, GUARANTEE PROGRAM, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE, HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES, HEAVY TRAFFIC, HEAVY VEHICLE, HEAVY VEHICLES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAY NETWORKS, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HIGHWAY TOLLS, HIGHWAYS, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGING, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INLAND WATERWAY, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, LAND TRANSPORT, LANES, LICENSE PLATES, LIGHT VEHICLES, LORRIES, MAIN ROAD, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORIST, MOTORISTS, MOTORWAY NETWORK, MOTORWAY OPERATORS, MOTORWAY PROJECTS, MOTORWAY SECTIONS, MOTORWAYS, NATIONAL ROADS, OUTBOUND TRAFFIC, OVERLAY, OWNERSHIP TAXES, PASSENGER, PASSENGER CARS, PETROL STATIONS, PIERS, POLLUTION, POWER, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRIVATE FINANCING, PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC ROADS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, RADIO, RAILWAY, RATE OF RETURN, RATE STRUCTURE, RECONSTRUCTION, RISK ALLOCATION, ROAD, ROAD AGENCIES, ROAD AGENCY, ROAD CHARGING, ROAD CONCESSIONS, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD EXPENDITURES, ROAD FINANCING, ROAD FUND, ROAD FUNDS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENTS, ROAD LENGTH, ROAD LINKS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MANAGEMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD PRICING, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SPACE, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USE, ROAD USER, ROAD USER CHARGE, ROAD USER CHARGES, ROAD USER CHARGING, ROAD USERS, ROADS, ROUTES, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, SATELLITE NAVIGATION, SHADOW TOLL, SURFACE DRESSING, SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, SYNERGY, TACHOGRAPH, TAX REVENUE, TOLL BOOTHS, TOLL FACILITIES, TOLL FOR CARS, TOLL LANE, TOLL MOTORWAY, TOLL MOTORWAYS, TOLL PAYMENTS, TOLL PLAZA, TOLL PLAZAS, TOLL RATES, TOLL REVENUES, TOLL ROAD, TOLL ROAD PROJECTS, TOLL ROADS, TOLL SYSTEM, TOLLBOOTHS, TOLLS, TOPOGRAPHY, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC JAMS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC VOLUME, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSIT, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT OFFICIALS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRAVELERS, TRIP, TRUCK DRIVERS, TRUCKS, TRUNK ROADS, TUNNEL, TUNNELS, TYPES OF ROAD, URBAN CONGESTION, URBAN ROAD, VEHICLE, VEHICLE FLEET, VEHICLE FUEL, VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES, VEHICLE SPEED, VEHICLE TAXES, VEHICLE TYPES, VEHICLE USE, VEHICLES, WAITING TIME, WHEELS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/10079326/road-user-charges-current-practice-perspectives-central-eastern-europe
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17463
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