Queiroz, CesarRdzanowska, BarbaraGarbarczyk, RobertAudige, Michel2014-03-282014-03-282008-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17463This paper covers the most commonly used means to charge road users, including fuel taxes, vehicle taxes, vignettes and tolls. It presents a brief survey of road user charging systems in selected European countries and a more detailed overview of current status and perspectives of road user charges in Poland. Consideration is also given to private financing of roads through different forms of public-private partnerships (PPP), including a review of potential applications of the World Bank toolkit for PPP in highways as an instrument to help decision makers and practitioners to define the best PPP approach for a specific country.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTING SYSTEMSACOUSTIC SIGNALADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAMBULANCESASPHALTAUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATIONAXLE LOADAXLESBRIDGESBUSBUSESCAPITAL COSTSCARCAR OWNERSHIPCARSCOMPETITIVE SELECTIONCONCESSIONCONCESSION CONTRACTSCONCESSIONAIRESCONCESSIONSCONGESTIONCONGESTION CHARGECONGESTION CHARGESCONGESTION CHARGINGCONGESTION CHARGING SCHEMECONGESTION PRICINGCONSTRUCTIONCONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONSCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOST OF ROAD MAINTENANCECOST RECOVERYCRASHESCROSSINGDEDICATED ROADDIRECT ROAD USERDRIVERSDRIVINGECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTEFFICIENT TRANSPORTEFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMELECTRONIC PAYMENTELECTRONIC SYSTEMELECTRONIC TOLLELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTIONELECTRONIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATIONEMISSIONEMISSIONSENGINEEXCISE DUTYEXPENDITURES ON ROADSFINANCIAL APPRAISALFINANCIAL CLOSUREFINANCIAL COMPENSATIONFINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTUREFINANCING OF ROADSFRAMEWORKFREEWAYSFUELFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL PRICESFUEL SAVINGSFUEL TAXFUEL TAX REVENUESFUEL TAXESFUNDS FOR ROADSGARAGESGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONSGPSGUARANTEE PROGRAMHEAVY GOODS VEHICLEHEAVY GOODS VEHICLESHEAVY TRAFFICHEAVY VEHICLEHEAVY VEHICLESHIGHWAYHIGHWAY ADMINISTRATIONHIGHWAY NETWORKSHIGHWAY PROJECTSHIGHWAY TOLLSHIGHWAYSINCOMEINFRASTRUCTURE CHARGINGINFRASTRUCTURE FINANCINGINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTSINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTSINLAND WATERWAYINTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMSINTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATIONINTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSINTERNATIONAL BRIDGEINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTLAND TRANSPORTLANESLICENSE PLATESLIGHT VEHICLESLORRIESMAIN ROADMAINTENANCE COSTSMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMOTOR VEHICLESMOTORISTMOTORISTSMOTORWAY NETWORKMOTORWAY OPERATORSMOTORWAY PROJECTSMOTORWAY SECTIONSMOTORWAYSNATIONAL ROADSOUTBOUND TRAFFICOVERLAYOWNERSHIP TAXESPASSENGERPASSENGER CARSPETROL STATIONSPIERSPOLLUTIONPOWERPRIVATE CAPITALPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENTPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC ROADSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC TRANSPORTRADIORAILWAYRATE OF RETURNRATE STRUCTURERECONSTRUCTIONRISK ALLOCATIONROADROAD AGENCIESROAD AGENCYROAD CHARGINGROAD CONCESSIONSROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD EXPENDITURESROAD FINANCINGROAD FUNDROAD FUNDSROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD INVESTMENTSROAD LENGTHROAD LINKSROAD MAINTENANCEROAD MANAGEMENTROAD NETWORKROAD NETWORKSROAD PRICINGROAD PROJECTSROAD SAFETYROAD SECTORROAD SPACEROAD SYSTEMROAD TRANSPORTROAD USEROAD USERROAD USER CHARGEROAD USER CHARGESROAD USER CHARGINGROAD USERSROADSROUTESRURAL TRANSPORTRURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURESATELLITE NAVIGATIONSHADOW TOLLSURFACE DRESSINGSURFACE TRANSPORTATIONSYNERGYTACHOGRAPHTAX REVENUETOLL BOOTHSTOLL FACILITIESTOLL FOR CARSTOLL LANETOLL MOTORWAYTOLL MOTORWAYSTOLL PAYMENTSTOLL PLAZATOLL PLAZASTOLL RATESTOLL REVENUESTOLL ROADTOLL ROAD PROJECTSTOLL ROADSTOLL SYSTEMTOLLBOOTHSTOLLSTOPOGRAPHYTRAFFICTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC JAMSTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRAFFIC VOLUMETRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSITTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT OFFICIALSTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATION RESEARCHTRAVELERSTRIPTRUCK DRIVERSTRUCKSTRUNK ROADSTUNNELTUNNELSTYPES OF ROADURBAN CONGESTIONURBAN ROADVEHICLEVEHICLE FLEETVEHICLE FUELVEHICLE MAINTENANCEVEHICLE OPERATINGVEHICLE OPERATING COSTSVEHICLE OWNERSHIPVEHICLE REGISTRATIONVEHICLE REGISTRATION FEESVEHICLE SPEEDVEHICLE TAXESVEHICLE TYPESVEHICLE USEVEHICLESWAITING TIMEWHEELSRoad User Charges : Current Practice and Perspectives in Central and Eastern Europe10.1596/17463