Pricing, Taxation and Access Charging of Transport Infrastructure
Title
Source
DG TREN (Transport Research Knowledge Center)
Date
August 2006
Description
Paper to locate RTD (Research and Technical Development) results on sub-themes where you have a particular interest (48pp).
Source
TU Berlin
Date
2003
Description
Paper analysing the requirements for rail infrastructure charging, laid down in directive 2001/14/EC. It calls for marginal cost pricing and allows for mark-ups. Four standard pricing principles are analysed on their suitability for track charging. It is found that no charging system proves superior and that the EC legislation is not opposed to economic theory (28pp).
Source
EC DG TREN
Date
November 2005
Description
Practical guidelines to calculate total infrastructure cost for five modes of transport (141pp).
Source
Institute for Transport Study - University of Leeds (lead-partner) for EC RTD
Date
November 2003
Description
The purpose of UNITE was to define fair and efficient pricing of transport infrastructure that takes account of the full social costs and benefits of transport. UNITE supplies policymakers with the framework and state-of-the-art cost estimates. The link above provides the final report (61pp). Although from 2003, the list of deliverables may provide some useful information and case studies. This list can be found here.
Source
IMPRINT-NET
Date
March 2006
Description
Pricing of transport infrastructure use has been identified since the Green Paper of 1995 on fair and efficient pricing. This report describes the policy background, recent research and experiences regarding infrastructure (use) pricing policies.
Defining access charges
Source
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Date
December 2007
Description
The paper investigates the level of mobility that is socially optimal, that is, the amount and mix of transport activity that consumers would choose in an efficient market that reflects the principles of efficient pricing, consumer options and optimal planning (52pp).
Source
OECD-ECMT
Date
2005
Description
Report on access charges policies in practise, describing the access charging regimes for all EU countries and the issues related to the choice of charging regimes (135pp).
Remarks
Useful reference to consult to define proper access charge levels.
Source
EC Funded projects
Date
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Description
The European Commission has funded a number of projects (a.o. IMPRINT, CURACAO, EURoPrice, CUPID, GRACE) in the area of transport pricing, in order explore the technical, financial, operational, political and social issues associated with implementing road pricing projects. The website (see link above) brings together links and information for a number of projects under the Fifth and Sixth Frameworks.
Source
ECMT
Date
October 2006
Description
Paper that deals in a Question-Answer format with various transport pricing (taxation) issues (13pp).
Source
OECD-ECMT
Date
2003
Description
Analysis of the factors that determine the competitiveness of hauliers along the entire logistics chain. The publication also reports the results of a study comparing the transport charges and taxes in place in the year 2000 with an optional pricing benchmark. This analysis was designed to answer the question what price and tax changes are likely to result for motorists, hauliers, rail users and other transport services from reforming transport charges to maximise efficiency? (190pp).
Title
Rail Infrastructure Access Charge Issues (presentation)
Source
World Bank
Date
March 2005
Description
Presentation on the access charge regimes for rail infrastructure use applied in the EU and the particular structures and principles that can be chosen (23 sheets).
Remarks
Hyperlink in title is for direct download.
Source
IWW
Date
October 2003
Description
Studies in different countries have shown, that there is no agreement on a common procedure for a fair allocation of infrastructure costs. This paper aims to advancing the discussion on the allocation of joint costs. The case of road capital and running costs on German motorways is considered, for which a sophisticated cost model had been developed and applied for estimating toll levels. The cost model ensures the sustainability of road user charges by considering the full economic costs of providing, maintaining and operating the infrastructure, rather than considering short-run variable or marginal costs (36pp).
Title
Access Charging, Policy Objectives and Implementation (presentation)
Source
Consultant's contribution
Date
April 2003
Description
Elaborate presentation on railway access charging, describing charging methodologies and policy consequences (58 sheets).