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May 24, 2016

TRUCKS MILEAGE TAX * Germany: NETWORK WILL TRIPLE IN 2018

* Berlin - LKW Maut: The taxable network will triple in 2018

--- German kilometer tax should be extended up to 40 000 km in July 2018 and bring an additional EUR 2 billion. BGL federation considers the ambitious project... The extension of the German kilometer tax is booked: The German government has in fact endorsed on 11 May 2016, the project's Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) to extend to all national roads the LKW Maut from 1 July 2018... This will represent 39,000 additional kilometers and will bring two extra billion euros to state coffers; for the first time, the states which manage 8% of the network will also benefit from a portion of these revenues... So far, the road tax, introduced in 2005, applies to 12 500 km of highways, which were added 2,300 km of national, often four lanes, with an annual revenue of € 4.5 billion euros... Since 1 October 2015, the heavyweights of 7.5 tons are subject to this road fee. In addition, the draft adopted by the Cabinet plans to study, by the end of 2017, the possibility of including in the system of vehicles over 3.5 tonnes and coaches. What did not fail to arouse the anger of the German Craft Federation and representatives of the transport of passengers by advancing denounce a punitive measure for their activities... This extension of the LKW Maut was fiercely debated in recent years, within the ruling coalition in Berlin. Two camps have long opposed: the conservative CDU, which rather defend the interests of entrepreneurs, and the Social Democrats SPD that call, them, more investment in roads. The emergency was imposed... 
(Photo: Extra-long trailer trucks rare on German roads. Long red truck on highway, road sign in forefront)  --   Berlin, Germany - WK Transport et Logistique, by Blandine Milcent - 23 May 2016

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Apr 23, 2016

TRUCKS' KILOMETER TAX * Belgium: Exclude postponement

* Brussels - The government exclude any postponement of payment of the kilometer tax

-- Despite four days of blockade and persistence of technical failures... The Walloon Minister for the Budget, Christophe Lacroix, said in an interview broadcast on RTBF April 7, it excluded any postponement of the commencement of collection of the kilometer charge for lorries ... He also argued that the kilometer tax "is above all a way to get paid 88% of foreign carriers that pass throughin our country." Fally, the Minister invited the Belgian carriers to "prepare a list of claims" ... These ads intervened after the lifting of roadblocks that have accompanied the implementation of the tax, on 1 April. From April 3 to 6, the thousands of trucks blocked highways thirty in Belgium , mainly in Wallonia to protest against the implementation of the kilometer tax for heavy vehicles... Jan Jambon, the federal Minister of the Interior, finally ended the movement demanding the lifting of roadblocks. April 6 evening, hundreds of Belgian police and ordered the carriers to provide access at the border between France and Belgium, under penalty of confiscation of the vehicle, the withdrawal of their driving license and a guard view to twelve hours. The threat quickly took effect as soon 18h blockages have gradually dissolved...
(Photo: Truckers and farmers block Belgian roads in tax protest) -- Brussels, Belgium - WK Transport - 12 April 2016

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Mar 13, 2009

TAXES * USA - Officials Seek Way to Fill a Gas Tax Gap

New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by Steve Friess -7 March 2009: -- As officials across the United States test systems to levy fees based on road usage rather than per-gallon fuel taxes for transportation funding, the concept appears to be gaining support despite misgivings from economists, privacy advocates, and others... The idea was also pointed up by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood when he said the Obama administration is considering some type of "vehicle miles traveled" tax, although White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs countered this the following day by saying support for such a tax "is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration."... There are nonetheless studies of a type of mileage tax going on, with the largest being the federal Road User Study, which involves more than 1,200 volunteers in six cities using cars with tracking devices... Oregon is also testing the idea, and the North Carolina Legislature is considering a per-mile fee to be paid with the annual vehicle registration fee. Mileage-based taxes are also being looked at in Massachusetts and Nevada... (Photo by pro.corbis}

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Feb 25, 2009

MILEAGE TAX DEBATE * USA - Continues Over

Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -25 Feb 2009: -- Despite the plan being slapped down by the White House last week, U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders hinted that Big Brother may still be looked upon to bridge the funding gap in transportation... Taxing drivers on how many miles they drive rather than how much fuel they burn is an idea being floated in some U.S. states as they face transportation budge shortfalls... Proponents of a mileage tax believe that dwindling fuel tax revenue -- mostly a result of more fuel efficient vehicles and hybrids penetrating the market -- cannot be counted on long-term to maintain the nation's aging transportation system... Critics instead preach the lessons of George Orwell, suggesting that giving the government the ability to track all vehicles at all times is an invasion of privacy... Under the proposal, all cars are trucks would be required to be equipped with GPS technology or transponder to record the amount of miles a vehicle was driven, whether on highways or secondary roads, or even whether it it's during peak traffic periods or not... (Photo: USA truck on highway)

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