A majority of Australians now support road user charging as an alternative to the fuel excise, according to new survey data highlighting shifting attitudes towards how roads are funded.
The findings, released
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Road safety projects receive a twenty million dollar boost
Car drivers, truck drivers, pedestrians and cyclists are set to benefit from 33 life-saving road safety projects rolling out across regional NSW funded by the State and Federal Governments to the tune
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NTC forward-looking cost base reshapes road user charge
The National Transport Commission has released a report examining how to implement a forward-looking cost-based approach for heavy vehicle charges, placing the road user charge at the centre of Australia’s
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Can you really ‘push on’? NSW fatigue data says think again
Transport for NSW has launched National Fatigue Week with a renewed warning that driver fatigue remains one of the state’s most underestimated road safety risks.
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More speed cameras for M2 motorway and Lane Cove tunnel
Truck drivers using the M2 motorway and Lane Cove tunnel in New South Wales have been warned new Average Speed Cameras will be turned on after September 22.
The cameras will cover a 26km route between
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NHVR Operation Falcon shows positive outcomes for PBS vehicle safety
The final results of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s Operation Falcon targeting PBS vehicles in New South Wales earlier this year are out, and its a win for the Performance-Based Standard’s
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Roads Australia joins chorus on national road user charge
Roads Australia has joined a variety of bodies within the transport industry calling for the implementation of a nationally consistent road user charge.
RA has called on the federal government to develop
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Trucking industry calls for national laws on road train licences
Leaders from several Australian trucking associations have united in a bid to tighten up the rules around who should be allowed to drive the longest trucks on our roads.
Current laws require anyone
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Sydney Harbour toll prices rise to create “fairer toll network”
The New South Wales government has revealed the price of tolls on both the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel will rise from the start of the next financial year as part of a “fairer toll road network
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Sydney’s road network taking its toll
Anyone who owns, operates or drives a truck in Sydney is aware of the spiralling cost crisis of the city’s toll road network.
Although the state government is trying to enact some kind of reform on the
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