Scott Wilson

Leading blog compiling news and commentary on road pricing worldwide roadpricing at yahoo dot com. Client Service Lead Road User Charging - CDM Smith Aus/NZ

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It's 10 cities with congestion pricing if you count Durham, Valetta, London, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Milan, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Oslo (sort of). Znojmo excluded https://t.co/XWtWxBUcaZ

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RUC was introduced to EVs in Iceland in 2024, there is no statistic that shows that having any meaningful long term impact on sales. RUC now applies to all vehicles in Iceland, so it is effectively neutralised.

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Some are quoting Iceland as an example of where RUC has harmed EV sales since it was introduced, failing to note that although BEVs as a proportion of total vehicle sales in the first quarter 2026 dropped - this is because total vehicle sales in Iceland went up so much...

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A 53% increase in car sales in the first quarter of 2026 compared to 2025 still saw growth in all vehicle category sales, but as a share BEVs dropped. Small markets can have big swings in percentages but anyway https://t.co/MXdSEkOW5d.

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NZ Transport Minister acknowledges that road pricing might defer the need for building some new road capacity https://t.co/vFfmSiq9Mh

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The incremental difference in wear and tear on sealed roads between different weights of light vehicles is insignificant compared to the effects of the weather (precipitation, temperature and sunlight/UV) and axle loading of heavy vehicles. There is no lack of evidence on this.

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Experts are saying it: SUVs damage our roads more than ordinary passenger cars.

I’ve asked @TfL to look into the effect of supersized SUVs in London as more of these vehicles take up space on London’s roads.

https://t.co/QPSExtuhyE

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Sorry @CatherineKingMP the case to not implement RUC on EVs is weak, as there is little relationship between introducing RUC on EVs, and effects on sales. The right time to introduce it is now. https://t.co/6ewfhPEBdq

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It's appropriate that research this weak is being republished by a site called "Mirage News". https://t.co/ND5ayfKs8s

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Utterly wild that Google news alerts just sent me a link to an article on how the Netherlands is setting up a national all vehicle road pricing system using GNSS technology... in 2009 (of course it was cancelled not long afterwards). https://t.co/rgFPjFpjmX

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New York congestion charge challenge rejected by Federal judge https://t.co/VAZIOTgp3N

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Largely right about California https://t.co/VDQiuannuw

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Tolls, congestion charging, road user charging all mean different things in different parts of the world https://t.co/heYox6lvgR

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Lithuania to have nationwide distance based road user charging for heavy vehicles from 1 January 2027 https://t.co/TWdz6jcbhz

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Iceland is the first jurisdiction to transition all vehicles to road user charging and cancelling fuel tax. Does it have lessons to apply to others? https://t.co/LffmiUXReK

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California's RUC (sorry "Road Charge") policy paralysis, but it's not dead https://t.co/wulrWYThcb

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California's been studying and piloting RUC for nearly ten years and what does it have for it? Policy inertia https://t.co/Ts8FrfcTYA

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Iceland has implemented it's all-vehicle nationwide distance based road user charging system https://t.co/IkfxkRRcks

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In 2010 Australia’s Transport Minister Anthony Albanese talked glowingly about congestion pricing.

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Iceland's parliament has passed a law placing all vehicles on road user charges and to abolish fuel tax. Petrol prices should drop by around US$0.72 per litre, but of course cars will be subject to US$0.055 per km https://t.co/Jfv306Wcc1

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Iceland's parliament has been debating extending RUC to all light vehicles (from 1 January 2026) but the law has not yet been passed https://t.co/BzNBdeUH4R

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Tender won for implementation of congestion pricing in Tel Aviv https://t.co/hbEDqoqKsH