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TABLE OF CONTENT:

|Sl no |Title |Page no |
|1 |ABSTRACT |2 |
|2 |INTRODUCTION |3 |
|3 |VARIOUS MODELS PROPOSED BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT |3-4 |
|4 | |4-5 |
| |PROS AND CONS OF TOLL SYSTEM IN GERMANY | |
|5 |CONCLUSION |6 |
|6 |REFERENCES |7 |

ABSTRACT

Due to the financial crisis in constructing infrastructure and maintenance for autobahns, German Government has made up its mind to fix toll charges to its highways. Toll charges that are to be implemented for Autobahn in Germany can have wide impact on region’s traffic, use of land, and economy also on the welfare of the people of the country. Regions have unique network configurations, spatial and temporal variation in demand patterns, and road user characteristics which affect their response to such roads. This paper deals with many impacts on German autobahn by consistently modeling and comparing the needs and nods of adding toll charges to the metropolitan planning areas. The impact of adding toll roads is varied region to region, but many suggestions regarding the toll roads with welfare improvements lie with fixing appropriate rates with respect to the distance within Germany.

Key words: Toll Roads, people welfare, impacts on region’s traffic

INTRODUCTION

Toll roads are the concept from the ancient times. Aristotle in his book mentioned the use of tolls in many parts of Asia including India where tolls were taken as far back as the 4th century BC, also tolls were taken by Roman empire in 14th and 15th centuries.

Road is the heart of most economies in the world. Roads help people to move fast, on time and mainly goods that are vital for sustaining populations and their economic development. Over the years, many metropolitan areas in the US, Europe and around the world have adapted with growing demands on their road infrastructure. Though toll roads can lead to infrastructure limitations, they largely impact on region’s traffic, use of land, and economy also on the welfare of the people of the country. Toll roads are not controversial statement and can be debated in the assembly for betterment of the people to travel fast and secure. While some toll road projects are enormous successes, others have been recognized as failures, such as in Germany’s toll roads, the Dulles Greenway, Greenville Southern Connector, northern Tampa’s toll roads (TRN, 2003a), and Texas’s Camino-Columbia toll way (TRN, 2003b). Hence these aspects need to be carefully modeled, study and analyze the pros and cons of adding toll roads to a region’s network.

Germany has a road network spanning 13,000 kilometers (8,078 miles) of autobahn highways and 40,000 kilometers of main roads. Germany needs to invest large on its highway to maintain a good road network. The federal government plans to invest around 7 billion euros ($9.5 billion) by 2017 in building new and maintaining existing roads. The country's major political party agreed, but falls back with money crisis. Some politicians opted for a toll charge on cars and trucks while others want only the foreign travelers to pay for autobahn. Presently, the domestic and international truck drivers pay a road toll in Germany. It is said that the rates are calculated according to the distance traveled on the autobahn and major roads and applies to vehicles that are 12 tons and heavier and are to be paid by electronic tolling as per the reports published in dw.de

VARIOUS MODELS PROPOSED BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT

The new toll (Maut in German) proposed by German Transport Minister Mr Alexander Dobrindt in early July 2014 said the toll charges would apply to all highways in Germany and not just the country famous autobahn. The proposed methods to collect toll fees are through:

• Vignette (Road tax) model as practiced in Austria and Switzerland:

Motorist’s pays toll fee to use certain prescribed roads or some roads for a prescribed period of time. For example in Austria the Government offers annual, bi-monthly and 10-day vignettes for its citizens to use highways. As per the Transport policy spokesperson of CSU (Christian Social Union) Mr Eberhard Rotter said a one-year vignette could cost around 100 euros in Germany as compared to other countries like France and Italy which is likely to cost 5euro/ 100 kilometer ** which is expensive for a motorist to pay.

** - As per views in http://www.dw.de/an-end-to-free-roads-in-germany/a-17197613

• Funds from German Driver revenue:

German automobile club from ADAC expert Mr Ralf Resch said to DW (Deutsche Welle) that there are about 5% of foreign cars on German roads and these could be able to generate maximum of 262 million euros in road toll revenues. Also he added there are about 40 million registered cars in Germany and if each car owner had to pay a toll without any tax relief, both the people could be able to contribute around 4 billion euros*** a year which is used to expand and maintain the Autobahn.

PROS AND CONS OF TOLL SYSTEM IN GERMANY

Some of the for and against of implementing toll charges to German Autobahn are as follows:

Pros:

1) Can be built with no cost to taxpayers: Can be used to raise funds from people who only use the autobahn rather than from the local taxpayers.

2) Ensure free flow traffic by latest technology: Eliminates slowing down and ensure free flow of traffic by using latest technology like drivers pay with an electronic transponder connected to a prepaid account or by having their license plate recorded by a high-speed camera that provides digital data the operator uses for calculating and delivering monthly bills

3) More safety: Less traffic congestion create a safer environment for all drivers.

4) Reduced pollution through toll roads: People stuck in traffic will waste an average of 28 gallons of fuel and release harmful gases that are hazardous to environment as reported by UMR (Urban Mobility Report), USA. So, toll roads reduce traffic congestion and the extra auto emissions minimizing the pollution.

5) Increase in Fuel Efficiency: Apart from reducing air pollution, toll roads allow vehicles to travel in speeds that are fuel efficient. According to study, cost for fuel spent for a person who is travelling for 40 miles round trip and normally would cost 1040 euros/year with a mileage of 25 miles/gallon and when stuck in traffic would cost 66.7 percent higher to 1732 euros/year reducing mileage to 15miles/gallon.

6) Benefits to Business: According to a report from U.C. Berkeley Institute for Transportation, toll roads help business person to save time and money by directly impacting on more productivity and economic vitality. Travel delays leads to huge loss of around 35 billion euro a year in productivity as per National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.

*** - As per Need for German driver revenue in http://www.dw.de/an-end-to-free-roads-in-germany

Cons:

1) Slow traffic: In some toll where the money has to be collected manually requires vehicles to stop or slow down which is a waste of time and raises vehicle operating costs.

2) Revenue Theft: In some places more revenue is collected and it is comparatively easy for revenue theft.

3) Traffic diversions in toll roads: Traffic diversion in toll roads even after collecting toll increases congestion on road and reduces its usefulness. [pic] Pic 1: Traffic diversion in autobahn in Germany which is not useful even after paying toll charges

4) Toll roads act as a monopoly: Citizen of the country or the highway users have no medium to oppose toll road management and its pricing decisions. It’s entirely based on decision of a government even the state can uphold or ignore the plan for improvement of roads. It can take its own decision of toll charges hike without concerning the people of the country.

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, it is got from the analysis of regions traffic data the current system of non toll autobahn has not sufficient peak capacity to carry the full volume of traffic and is handled by both the regions toll and non-toll autobahn without a significant decrease in the level of service. Toll roads also provide a hassle free diversion of traffic that is useful for economic benefits for drivers, businesses, tourists, and local people.

By also collecting revenue from each car owner who had to pay a toll without any tax relief, it could be able to contribute around 4 billion euros a year which is used to expand and maintain the Autobahn. Toll road users find their fuel costs more important rather that paying toll charges, but still gets more benefited from the travel time that was saved by traffic.

REFERENCES:

• http://blogmooseymoo.blogspot.de/

• http://www.valleyregionaltransit.org/Portals/0/CoalitionForPT/March06/factsheettollroads.pdf

• http://www.german-way.com/travel-and-tourism/driving-in-europe/driving/autobahn/driving-on-the-autobahn/autobahn-tolls-in-austria-and-switzerland/

• http://www.dw.de/an-end-to-free-roads-in-germany/a-17197613

• http://www.cofirouteusa.com/seven-reasons-toll-roads-are-essential

• http://www.caee.utexas.edu/prof/kockelman/public_html/TRB06SukumarTRs.pdf

• https://www.thetollroads.com/assets/objects/207/6_15_06_LeCG_Toll_Road_Study.pdf

• http://www.motorists.org/tolls/bad-idea

• Picture References: http://www.dw.de/an-end-to-free-roads-in-germany/a-17197613

----------------------- Germany is planning to establish a toll-charge for its Autobahn

Toll Road benifits :

• Contributing 4 Billion Euros a year to the government in maintaining and construction of new road

• Over 2 million gallons of fuel per year as a result of good fuel efficiency

• Preventing productivity loss of 35 billion euro a year for business from traffic delays

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