Road users must pay, sooner rather than later

Michael De Percy

Road users must pay, sooner rather than later

Michael De Percy

Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society

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Abstract

The idea of motorists paying for the roads they use beyond tolls, fuel excise or registration fees has taken hold in Australia. A user-pays system might replace existing fees with charges based on motorists’ actual use of roads. New technologies would allow charges to be applied at different rates during peak periods in the same way we pay for the use of telecommunications or electricity networks.

Original language	English
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation Paperpress
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2015

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Australia and New Zealand School of Government
Michael De Percy (Visiting researcher) & John Wanna (Visiting researcher)
1 Aug 2014 → 31 Jul 2018
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Road users must pay, sooner rather than later

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