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Alternative Pricing

This section of Minds in Motion is dedicated to dialogue, discussion and projects regarding alternative mobility pricing.

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Devil's advocate on Dutch road pricing

MindsinMotion.net raises some possible objections to and questions about the announced Dutch road pricing scheme. The Transport Minister's executiv...

Read more... 25/02/2010

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Media craze over Dutch road pricing

For a long time, the always upbeat Dutch Transport Minister was his own best advertisement for the announced road pricing scheme. But the national...

Read more... 28/01/2010

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Support kilometre pricing wavers

Will Dutch car drivers be paying per kilometre in 2012? The car lobby is threatening to withdraw its crucial support to the Transport Minister's pl...

Read more... 06/01/2010

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Cabinet agreement on Dutch kilometre pricing

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Today, the Dutch Cabinet reached agreement on a nationwide alternative mobility pricing scheme to be gradually introduced, starting 2012.

Read more... 13/11/2009

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German Transport Secretary backpedals on highway toll

Photo: CSU/CDU Internet editorial staff

Germany's brand new Transport Secretary, Peter Ramsauer, tested the waters by suggesting that the existing highway toll for heavy duty vehicles cou...

Read more... 06/11/2009

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Swedish NGO wins the Oscar

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are essential in the drive to make transport sustainable in the future. Just ask Oscar Alarik, who says if it...

Read more... 12/10/2009

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A close up on cameras

Can a camera image of a vehicle registration plate really show whether it complies with the appropriate Euro emissions standard quickly and easily?...

Read more... 25/09/2009

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The secret of success

The London congestion charge scheme remains one of the largest and highest-profile schemes in the world and its success has inspired many other cit...

Read more... 17/08/2009

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Amsterdam low emission zone for light vehicles canceled

Amsterdam dropped plans to keep out the most polluting delivery vans from its city centre. Research has shown that the environmental benefits would...

Read more... 11/05/2009

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Europe needs standardised road-charging system, says expert

Mr. Jos Dings

Jos Dings is the director of the Brussels-based European Federation for Transport and Environment (T&E), an umbrella group of 51 environmental orga...

Read more... 14/10/2008