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Roadpricing in the Netherlands
A story about ups en downs
Wim van Kruiningen
City of Amsterdam
Europrice, 2002 December 13th
A historical view over the last 5 years
• Cabinet 1998-2002• Cabinet July 2002–October 2002• Cabinet : status in demission now• New expected cabinet: starting after
new elections in January 2003
Reasons for Implementation Roadpricing:
• Increasing problems as a result of congestion
• Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht increasingly inaccessible in the morning rush-hour
• National Government plans for implementation of road charges
National traffic and transport planningIntention to implement road charges
Cabinet 1998-2002 plans: • Firstly - implementation of road charges
(2003) • Later - implementation of mileage tax
(2009)
Rush hour charges experiment
• No majority in the parliament for the integrated implementation of road
charges• In 1999 the Minister receives permission to conduct an experiment in the form of rush hour charges
Executive co-operation
• Rush hour charges require co-operation between the various levels of government in the areas to which it will be applied
• The administrators of the northern sector of Rim city (including Amsterdam) were prepared to co-operate on this and then present their plans to their councils
Integrated approach Conditions revenues of co-operation:• Not only rush hour charges• Experiments with pay lanes• Investment in the infrastructure: - Regional and city public transport - Regional road network
- Rail network (high speed trains) • Public and private joint ventures• Mobility fund
Governement Other Authorities
Mobility Fund 113 milion euro 113 milion euroRevenues of road charges 28 milion euro
High way network 304 milion euro136 milion euro54 milion euro
Secundairy roads - N201+ 54 milion euro
Rail - High Speed Train 181 milion euro
Regionet - High quality transport public 181 milion eurosystem
Public Private Co-operation 850 milion euroin state to high way network, public part
Total 1.873 milion euro 141 milion euro
Continuing co-operation between governmental bodies
• Agreement laid down in the convenant • Joint responsibility for implementation• Programme management• Joint project office
Changes since June 2001
• Debate in parliament about the system• External IT experts declare that mileage
tax can be introduced earlier• Cabinet decided to cancel experiment
and begin preparation for implementation of mileage tax
• Plea for a fast-track implementation of mileage tax
How does it work?
GSMUMTSDSRC
Regularly:totall amount + status +….. + signature
Kilometer administration signature
Tax shift: the polluter pays
Variabilisation: fixed fee per kilometer
Differentiation: fee will depending on time and place
Current Taxes• Weight • Fuel type • Fuel usage (VAT)• Catalogue price
of a vehicle• Type of vehicle
Roadpricing• Weight• Fuel type• Fuel usage (VAT)• Type of vehicle• Distance• Location• Time
Timeline on the Roadpricing project
Definition
Implementation
6/2001 1/2002 1/2003 1/2004 1/2005 1/2006 1/2007
Report to parliament
Report to parliament
Production of hard & software law coming into force
Development
Exploitation
operational system oncountry level
Initiate law
Elections and a new Cabinet Period July 2002 – October 2002 • Elections, May 2002 produce great
changes in parliament• New coalition in a the new cabinet• Liberals, Christian Democrats and the
Fortuyn Party are opponents of mileage tax• Decision to scrap the mileage tax project• Reason : the cabinet let first increase the
capacity of the motorways , after that and later on starting Roadpricing
New cabinet resigned in October
2002 • Reason: problems in the coalition with
the Fortuyn party
• New elections in January 2003
The way forward?
• Wait and see exactly what a new cabinet wants• Concentrate effort into implementing the
complementary measures listed in the agreements • In preparation a new national transport en traffic plan
for the new cabinet• First ideas: is thinking about an approach not more
alone Roadpricing on the national motorways but in fixed areas around of in the bigger cities in full co-operation with the local authorities