Road user charging

Georgina Santos

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 336-337 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Road user charging is the charging of a price to road users for using public roads. Fuel tax revenues are declining due to increases in fuel efficiency and the electrification of road transport. A new system is urgently needed to replace them and internalise, at least in part, road transport externalities. This new system could be a revenue-neutral distance-based charge, with a minimum number of free miles per year. This would provide a respite in the sharp decline in government revenue from fuel taxes and provide incentives to reduce driving regardless of whether the vehicle was internal combustion or electric.

Keywords: Road user charges; Fuel taxes; Road transport externalities; Electric vehicles; Distance-based charge; Fuel tax revenues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
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