Distance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee Sample Clauses

Distance-related Heavy Vehicle Fee. ‌ The distance–related heavy vehicle fee (HVF) of Switzerland is a policy where road vehicles heavier than 3.5 tonnes are charged a fee based on tonne-kilometres travelled and emission category, irrespective of the type of road used (SVAG, 1997). It was introduced in 2001 with the goals of achieving a modal shift of heavy goods transport from road to rail, limiting the number of truck trips to 650,000/year in 2009 from nearly 1,500,000 in 2000, strengthening the position of railway by different programmes and internalisation of full costs for the calculation of the heavy vehicle fee. As a policy package it combines number of measures in the road and rail sector (Xxxxx and Xxxxxx, 2010). Besides introducing a fee for road transport, it focuses on strengthening the rail sector by designating parts of income generated to the funding of specific projects. The introduction of the HVF was made possible by a number of developments. The basis were two votes carried out in 1994 which approved the introduction of a distance related vehicle fee (in replacement of the already existing flat fee) and the Alpine Initiative which demanded a shift of transalpine goods transport for road to rail. In 1998 the Land Transport Agreement between EU and Switzerland was negotiated. Here it was decided that the EU accepts a distance related vehicle fee, which uses external costs as a calculation base while Switzerland agrees to increase the weight limit from 28 t to 40 t. This was confirmed in another referendum carried out in the same year. Major opposition was voiced by the Swiss Road Transport Union (ASTAG), however, once the vote was carried they supported the parties involved in the introduction of the HVF. Implementation of the HVF was carried out within two years by the Swiss Custom Administration (EZV) who is also now responsible for the administration of the fee together with the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) and the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (UVEK). Implementation was considered successful by all parties involved and no technical problems were encountered. Revenues and costs developed as expected, taking variations due to various economic developments into account. The goals for this policy package, which are financing rail projects, achieving modal shift from rail to road and reducing the number of vehicles crossing the Alps from 1.3 million to 650 thousand, were only partially achieve. Rail financing (with ...
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