The first mention of the Ministry of Transportation highway toll differentiation Bucketed

Ministry of Transport (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Communications) released revised "toll road management regulations" voice again.

August 15, reporters learned from the official website of the Ministry of Transportation, recently issued the "Ministry of Transport on the promotion of supply-side structural reforms to promote the logistics industry," "Opinions of" cost efficiency (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions") the Ministry of Transport again raised to improve highway toll management.


Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation in the implementation of the 'views' action program for three years (2016 - 2018) which further define the division of tasks and completing objectives: Legal Division led by the Ministry of Transportation, Highway participation, promoting the "Toll Road Management Regulations" revision of the road to determine the scientific and reasonable fees.

It is noteworthy that, the Ministry proposes to explore different time periods highway policy differentiated charges. It is understood that the official policy put forward the first time.

Signed a reluctant expert told reporters that the main highway Bucketed differentiated charges for diversion, to help ease congestion in the individual period effects. But taking into account the vast majority of highway usually relatively smooth, mainly when major holidays minibuses free passage congestion problems highlighted, so future policy major holidays minibuses free passage may produce variable.

Amendment speed toll road management regulations

Highway tolls too Tucao constantly more expensive than refined fuel costs, highway toll stations set up too many points and so on toll roads, the Internet is the emergence of a large number of travel by car to avoid the toll road Raiders, which also allow the "Toll Road Management Regulations" revision is more urgent.

Ministry of Transportation in the "Opinions" in the proposed revision to promote "Toll Road Management Regulations", the gradual and orderly government to cancel secondary roads repayment charges, fees and rationally defined road.

Meanwhile, in the implementation of the 'views' of the three-year action plan (2016 - 2018) in a clear division of labor, and constant revision of promoting "the toll road regulations."

It is worth noting that a few days ago, the Ministry of Communications had announced four pairs of successive Congress Proposed Answer, involve topics related to road charging policy.

In its reply, the Ministry of Communications revealed that at present, the Ministry is working with the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council on the "Toll Road Management Regulations" an amendment to the proposed toll road scope, duration, standards and other relief items to re-unified regulations.

In 1984, the State Council promulgated the "road loans, loan fees," the toll road policy, since November 1, 2004 implementation of "toll road regulations," in the course of nearly 12 years of management regulations, China's roads has been rapid and orderly development, but the industry voice for the toll road policy is also growing controversy.

As early as January 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission Deputy Director Department of Trade Gengshu Hai had publicly stated that China has a variety of tolls as high as the cost of transport enterprises 1/3, highway fees are too high, should be significantly reduced.

During two of the country in recent years, about the toll road has been a hot topic of discussion.

This year's two sessions, NPC deputies Huang Xu, Yang said there were 30% of the total outlay of logistics costs in the value of the goods, prices increased logistics costs become the direct driving force. He suggested that the relevant state departments to reduce highway toll, reducing logistics costs for the development of SMEs relaxed decompression.

In fact, the Ministry of Communications for amendments to the idea of ??"the toll road management regulations" a long time, in recent years introduced a number of documents, the Ministry of Transportation have put forward revised requirements. But the situation is even so, as opposed to earlier, the Ministry of Transportation so dense mention nearly a week since the revised "Toll Road Management Regulations" are few and far between, but also for the revised requirements are more specific, some industry experts amend "the toll road management regulations" will enter a stage of rapid advance.

Debt repair costs down the road space is limited

From this year's National Day and a half months, working in Beijing, Zhang hometown in Henan have been planning to drive things to go home. Like last year, he plans to 0:10 January began to leave.

In this regard, Zhang told reporters, chose this time mainly on account of leave can just take the highway free passage, but also to avoid the congestion in the morning, drove home round trip fuel costs of about 900 yuan, the high-speed toll not too different, so you can save about half the cost.

However, if the policy next major holidays minibuses free passage to be adjusted, then, Zhang's "small thinking" How long can play it?

Ministry of Transportation had said in reply to Congress recommends that the Department of Transportation in the major holidays minibuses free passage summarizes policy implementation and evaluation will consider all views, further study and improve relevant policies and measures.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communications in the 'views' in further pointed out that the highway to explore different time periods differentiated pricing policy and standard freight charges ETC vehicle weight application, to enhance the efficiency of highway traffic.

In response, Beijing Jiaotong University, Professor Zhao Jian, said in an interview with reporters, which is to regulate people take the highway to travel through price leverage, highway fees during peak hours will be higher, lower fees will reduce the peak hours, get rid of all existing period standard coherent policy.

This policy for individual travelers may have some impact, but the impact will not be great. Zhao Jian believes that, overall, the majority of highway congestion problems do not exist, in order to reduce the fees, then because of more debt, many places are by refinance old debt, which reduces the space is relatively limited.

Deputy Executive Director of Traffic Law and Development Research Center, Southeast University Guda Song told reporters, the direction of dynamic price adjustment charges is valuable, many foreign intercity highways are taking this policy to ease congestion.

"From the perspective of the supply-side structural reforms, to consider the precision of Shi policy, this adjustment is likely to be reduced, even to raise will be targeted." Gutai Song further said that for trucks, the more the road at night , a lot of trucks in order to avoid high-speed toll and take the national road. If lower fees, to attract trucks take the highway to reduce the pressure on the national highway.

However, some industry experts, the intent of this policy trends released may not be limited thereto. Aforementioned reluctant signature experts say, in the long run, major holidays minibuses free passage policy difficult to sustain, and explore different time periods highway differentiated pricing policy, of course, lower fees, reduce logistics cost considerations, but in some extent, can also be seen as a small passenger cancellations major holidays toll free policy to make a foreshadowing. In fact, after the holidays, whether on a small passenger car toll free cancellation policy, it has been controversial within the industry.

Another industry expert made a similar point of view, he told reporters, major holidays minibuses free passage on the legal basis for the policy itself it is debatable if the introduction of the future pricing policy based on the regulation of highway congestion, major holidays minibuses free passage policy may also face adjustment.