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In early November 2023, Waka Kotahi suspended its NZ$305 million Transport Choices Programme where local councils would receive funding to encourage walking, cycling and public transportation. Waka Kotahi suspended this programme amidst coalition talks to form the National-led coalition government following the 2023 New Zealand general election .
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
Electronic Toll Collection (Pty) Ltd (ETC), a subsidiary of Kapsch TrafficCom AG, is the contracted company that designed, built and is still operating the system, and in turn oversees the Transaction Clearing House (TCH) which oversees customer accounts, and the Violation Processing Centre (VPC) which will follow procedures against payment ...
The “Road to Zero” strategy is supported by the New Zealand Police, WorkSafe NZ, ACC and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. [17] Part of this strategy revolves around education for road users. Waka Kotahi – the New Zealand Transport Agency have developed an education programme designed to influence road user behaviour by focusing on:
A toll ticket formerly used on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A ticket system, also known as a closed toll collection system, is a system used on some toll roads in which a user pays a toll rate based on the distance traveled from their originating entrance to their destination exit.
The congestion tax is called a tax, not a toll or fee, since a principle has been established that road tolls can only exist to pay for the construction of the specific tolled road, during a limited period. The congestion tax charges every road that crosses certain lines, regardless of its age. Three bridges in Sweden have road tolls (as of 2015).
It was implemented in September 17, 2012 to replace the slow KGS which needed drivers to stop at the booth to pay for the toll and caused congestion during rush hour. [2] [3] [4] KGS was fully phased out by February 2013. [5] [6] It was used alongside the OGS (electronic toll collection) system, [2] although OGS was retired on March 31, 2022. [7]
The revenue generated from the tolls is used to help pay for the replacement bridge, also tolled, which opened in 2016. [8] All tolling is electronic with no tollbooths. Tolling for people without Good to Go passes is done by license plate, and customer are sent the "Pay by Mail" toll rate, which includes a processing and mail fee. [9]