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This week there is news on a trial of new technology which could be used for road charging systems in Europe.
This week there is news on a trial of new technology which could be used for road charging systems in Europe. This trial is one of many that is funded by the snappily titled Road Charging Interoperability Group which has been formed to develop a standard for the electronic collection of road tolls within Europe. There is already a directive in place which means that road users will be able to pay their charges with one piece of equipment as they travel between European countries. The RCI project is working on how this can be done.
There will be a couple of vehicles driven around London next week which will contain technology which may well become the 'norm' for all transport in the future. Whilst the UK is not one of the six countries that is directly involved in the RCI project they are testing in London due to it having the largest urban charging scheme in Europe. It will be fascinating to see how the technology works.
In related news it has been announced by the Dutch government that it will be introducing a national road pricing scheme to be completed by 2016. This will use the latest satellite technology (with the help of Galileo if it's flying by then) to charge all road users by the kilometre.
This is really big news as it will be the first national trial in Europe and it will be using satellite technology, which, if it works, should see the administration costs of the scheme reduce dramatically. What is also great news is that the Dutch government has decided to phase out certain road related taxes for the motorist so allegedly the scheme has been much easier to 'sell' to the public.
It is only a matter of time before the UK takes the plunge on road pricing so I hope they are watching this closely so they can learn some lessons from it.
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