An ex-ante analysis of transport impacts of a distance-based heavy goods vehicle charge in the Netherlands

M. de Bok, G. de Jong, B. Wesseling, H. Meurs, P. van Bekkum, P. Mijjer, D. Bakker and T. Veger

Research in Transportation Economics, 2022, vol. 95, issue C

Abstract: In 2017, the newly installed Dutch government announced in its coalition agreement to introduce a distance-based heavy goods vehicle charge, similar to the charges levied in other European countries. To study the possible transport impacts, we applied available models and methods in preparation for the introduction of this truck charge in the Netherlands in 2023, in order to present decision information to the government on different aspects of the charge. In this paper we present the analysis of different implementation scenarios for a distance-based truck charge. Different behavioural responses can be expected in terms of freight transport demand, mode choice, logistic efficiency, and route choice. Many studies however lack sufficient detail to properly describe the impact of road charges for HGV on OD flows and freight traffic. In our contribution we explore the bandwidth of impacts of different pricing schemes, using strategic transport models for freight demand and traffic assignment, with detailed modal split and route choice models, ensuring a proper representation of generalsed transport costs. We explain how we use available transport models in an overarching analytical framework to make a comprehensive impact assessment of the different responses, and to decompose the impacts on the different responses. Final impacts are quantified in terms of freight demand (spatial pattern of transport flows), modal split and traffic flows (route choice, and congestion).

Keywords: Road pricing (R48); Transportation: demand; Supply; And congestion (R41); Transportation planning (R42) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101091

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