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RUC MEA 2024

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09:10
  1. 20 mins
    • The success of implementing user charges for all vehicles in Iceland
    • Tackling the criticism of the system
    • Public opinion, the new system mostly accepted, based on previous success

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09:30
  1. 20 mins
    • Further reducing the operational costs of zero-emission trucks is key for Europe's industry to switch to clean trucks
    • Several EU Member States already apply CO₂-based truck tolls, giving companies the needed investment certainty
    • Transitioning to zero-emission trucks can be further aided by the use of new toll revenuesk,kkkkkkk
09:50
  1. 20 mins
    • The leading tolling technology company presents an implementation case study together with learnings and future plansfgoibm

10:10
  1. Morning networking break
    45 mins
10:55
  1. 40 mins
    • Applying emissions-based toll rates to drive ZE-vehicle uptake

    • Replacing time-based fees with distance- and congestion-sensitive charging

    • Reducing road congestion by incentivising cleaner heavy-duty vehicle use in high-traffic zones

11:35
  1. 20 mins
    • How license plate cloning and account misuse are being detected more effectively using behavioral patterns
    • What signals help identify stolen, synthetic, or duplicate toll accounts earlier
    • How to balance automation and human oversight to improve fraud response without increasing operational complexity

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11:55
  1. 20 mins
    • We need executable EU legislation to support emission based toll

    • Data protection is key!!!

    • The Registration Authorities and EUCARIS are able to support road charging in Europebojiiu

12:15
  1. 20 mins
    • juiujGNSS‑based tolling is rapidly becoming the foundation for future road user charging schemes
    • Fuel tax collapse is making distance-based RUC an urgent and unavoidable transition
    • Technological shifts (EVs, GNSS tolling, AVs) are reshaping how RUC must be securely designed, implemented, and politically supported with the necessary legislation changes
12:35
  1. Lunch
    75 mins
13:50
  1. 20 mins
    • RUC is shifting from innovation to intelligent connection — linking technologies, markets, and people into an integrated, adaptive ecosystem
    • Efficiency, sustainability, and performance now amplify each other, driven by AI-enabled platforms and cross-industry collaboration
    • The five E’s (E-mobility, E-nvironment, E-fficiency, E-xtension, E-mpowerment) outline a unified path forward, showing how connected infrastructure and global cooperation shape the next era of Road User Chargingbhij
14:10
  1. 20 mins
    • Vehicle-type restrictions have a stronger impact on reducing car use than price increases alone, suggesting regulatory measures can outperform purely economic tools
    • Mobile phone data enable a replicable, people-based metric to assess congestion pricing effects while controlling for time-related factors
    • Demographic composition (e.g. women and elderly users) significantly influences transport choices, underscoring the need for equity-aware congestion pricing policieshtgh
14:30
  1. 20 mins
    • Get the latest update on the implementation of TruckToll
    • Learn how the TruckToll will work and how owners of trucks should prepare
    • Learn how TruckToll contributes to a sustainable transport sector in the Netherlands

    juk

14:50
  1. Afternoon networking break
    45 mins
15:35
  1. 20 mins
    • How existing Smart Tachograph infrastructure can be leveraged to enable scalable, low-cost tolling

    • Why innovation in regulated environments is non-linear and requires perseverance across stakeholders

    • What current DTCO tolling deployments reveal about interoperability, certification, and future road charging models okk

15:55
  1. 20 mins
    • Road User Charging ETC
    • From fuel use to road maintenance fee
    • Balance of decarbonisation and equity

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16:15
  1. 20 mins
    • Centralization Drives Efficiency and Market Access

    • Standardized Data Infrastructure Enables Innovation Beyond Core Services

    • Successful Large-Scale Migration Requires Careful Change Managementuuyk

09:40
  1. 20 mins
    • Using road user charging to reduce congestion and emissions while ensuring fairness for all users

    • Lessons from Norway: technology, public acceptance, and policy alignment

    • The role of road pricing in funding future-ready, resilient transport infrastructurejjj

10:00
  1. 20 mins
    • CO2 reduction
    • Hardware reduction
    • Power consumption

    kookk

10:20
  1. 20 mins
    • How to harmonize RUC approaches for EV, fossil‑fuel passenger cars, and heavy vehicles
    • How simplicity in system design becomes a strength for flexibility, clearness and fairness
    • How to shape environmental incentives and benchmark them against other industries

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10:40
  1. Morning networking break
    45 mins
11:25
  1. 40 mins
    • Using technology to make road user charging efficient and sustainable
    • Ensuring fair pricing, accessibility, and public trust
    • Managing mobility data and planning for future vehicles

     

12:05
  1. 20 mins
    • Four U.S. states have already implemented MBUF programs, and dozens of other states have conducted research or outreach to study MBUF for their state
    • States and the Federal MBUF programs may differ significantly in issues such as outreach, rate setting, technologies, borders, and payment process
    • Let’s discuss current and potential processes and technologies for a Federal MBUF programopjm
12:25
  1. 20 mins
    • Update on US RUC programs

    • Latest opinion polling on RUC and other alternative fees

    • The use of EV fees and their evolution 

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12:45
  1. Lunch
    75 mins
14:00
  1. 20 mins
    • Understanding "Green Congestion": How operational incentives for EVs (like road access exemptions) can inadvertently worsen gridlock by lowering the cost of private travel, and why RUC must prioritize space management over engine technology
    • The Limits of Rationing: Insights into the "policy decay" of manual schemes like Odd-Even due to vehicle ownership shifts, and why dynamic pricing is the only viable successor for megacities
    • Solving the Motorcycle Dilemma: Innovative strategies for applying RUC to a mixed-traffic environment dominated by two-wheelers (75%), using tiered pricing to fund free electric public transport alternativesjuk,
14:20
  1. 20 mins
    • Simple pricing can go a long way. A modest, well-designed cordon toll captures a large share of the attainable system benefits without requiring overly complex differentiation

    • Tradable credits are not a silver bullet. While tradable credit schemes can improve political acceptability by redistributing value to users internally, they do not outperform well-designed tolls in terms of transportation efficiency and come with greater implementation complexity

    • Governance structure matters. Outcomes change significantly when bus services are privatized or when authorities take different strategic positions — institutional design is as important as price levelstygv

14:40
  1. 20 mins
    •  What's the problem to be solved
    •  How does politics deal with RUC 
    •  How to cope with the promise of 'high' techluiiluol.

     

15:00
  1. Afternoon networking break
    45 mins
15:45
  1. 20 mins
    • Spain has the largest European high capacity road network but with no sustainable financial scheme

    • 8 toll roads concessions have expired over the last 8 years and tolls have been withdrawn with negative impacts on society

    • Policy makers have to face the challenge: The current policy is unsustainable and Spain has to consider the introduction of RUC systemsuohuj

16:05
  1. 20 mins
    • System and user kick-off for trucks and transition to normal operation during 2025
    • Early findings regarding a road pricing trial with passenger cars
    • Next steps in 2027, 2028 and beyondj bmjgr