For several years now, since the last financial crisis, traffic on Slovenian roads (especially on the roads leading into Ljubljana and on the ring road) has been increasing by several % every year. It is well known that public transport in Slovenia is not keeping pace with the increase in transport demand, and it is therefore urgent that, while continuing to develop public transport, active work on congestion management should be undertaken as a stepping stone, as reducing congestion would make a significant contribution to the economic and social well-being of the citizens. In large European cities, congestion management is addressed through pricing policies, i.e. whoever wants to travel at peak times pays more, hence the existence of several types of tickets. Visitors (especially tourists) to London have to pay significantly more for a public transport ticket to ensure that they can travel even during the rush hour (7:30-9:30 in the morning and 16:40-18:30 in the afternoon).

How could something similar be implemented in Slovenia?

1) Introduce a travel ban for freight traffic during the morning and afternoon rush hours. An alternative measure for freight traffic could be to increase the toll during the morning and afternoon rush hours by e.g. 30%.

2) Increasing the cost of non-urgent non-freight journeys, such as tourist transit. As we know, Slovenia is a very transit-oriented country. A vignette for the use of Slovenian roads would therefore exclude driving at peak times. Everyone would have to secure an additional "pass" to drive at peak times.

3) The same measure as in point 2) could be introduced for all road users on the roads covered by the vignette in the current system.