The German HGV-Toll

Bernhard Wieland

European Transport \ Trasporti Europei, 2005, issue 31, 118-128

Abstract: After many delays, technological problems, and renegotiations between the government and the system operator Germany has successfully introduced a satellite based tolling system for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in January 2005. Since then the system is running smoothly. Currently the toll applies only to state motorways (the so called Autobahnen) but there are plans to extend it to the secondary level of federal long-distance roads (the Bundesfernstrassen). This paper describes the political and economic background of the introduction of the HGV-toll in Germany. The paper sketches the history of the implementation process, describes the major structural elements of the toll, and discusses current problems and possible future developments. Finally some policy conclusions are drawn.

Keywords: Road Pricing; Road Transport; HGV-toll (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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