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TRANSPORT STRATEGIES * Australia - National policy framework
A 'new beginning for transport'
Melbourne,Australia -Supply Chain Review -March 06, 2008: -- The National Transport Commission (NTC) has presented to governments a national policy framework it calls a new beginning for transport... Federal and state transport ministers agreed to implement a new national transport policy at their Australian Transport Council (ATC) meeting last Friday... NTC CEO Nick Dimopoulos called the NTC framework a plan for "significant and decisive action to keep this nation moving"... "Congestion, mobility, emissions, efficiency, safety and better infrastructure are all interlinked. A national coordinated effort on all these fronts will deliver the transport system Australia deserves"... Dimopoulos says the new charging regime agreed to by ministers on Friday has "drawn a line in the sand", with the ATC mapping out a move to incremental pricing in the future... "For heavy vehicles, incremental pricing will allow truck operators to carry bigger loads and pay for the extra road damage," he says. "Mass-distance-location pricing will encourage the right truck on the right road; and influence the right investment on the right road at the right time — if you like, let the money follow the truck"...
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