The implementation of kilometer charging and a vignette in Belgium

Kilometer charging for trucks and an electronic road vignette for light vehicles in the Flemish, Brussels, and Walloon Region

The will to have an overall reform of the traffic taxation was set out in the coalition agreements 2009-2014 of each of the three Regions in Belgium. A political agreement between them was concluded at the end of January 2011. The basis for this agreement is the objective calculation of the costs of mobility to citizens and companies. In addition, foreign road users will have to pay from then on.

This project aims to introduce the following:

• Kilometer charging for trucks larger than 3.5 ton
  The charge will have to be paid in function of covered distance, place, time and environmental characteristics of the vehicle. The system will use Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) technology.
• An electronic vignette for light vehicles
  Time-bound user rights will apply for light vehicles as passenger cars and vans.
  The three Regions have provisionally chosen not to start with a kilometer charging for passenger cars. However, the system that is developed for trucks will be built in such a way that it can be extended to passenger cars at a later stage.

The road charging system will be made entirely operational according to a design-built-finance-maintain-operate (DBFMO) model for which a private partner will be responsible.

Transport & Mobility Leuven is subcontractor of the Fairway consortium and is in charge of the tarification and analysis of the revenues using transport models.

reports

All reports are confidential

period

2011-2013

funded by

Departement Financiën en Begroting

partners

Fairway consortium (KPMG Advisory, Collis, Eubelius) with subcontractors ASFINAG, CMS DeBacker, Olswang and TML

researchers

Griet De Ceuster, Kristof Carlier

contact

Griet De Ceuster

+32 16 31.77.30