Text file: 9561.txt
author: "Branko Poto\u010Dnik"
downvotes: 1
end consideration date: 2018-11-30
id: '9561'
number comments: 0
number views: 1091
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Infrastructure\nWe would like to start by\
  \ recalling that at national level we are aware of the problems related to safety\
  \ and traffic flow brought about by the growth of both passenger and freight traffic\
  \ on motorways. In particular, we face increased traffic congestion and congestion\
  \ on the on-ramps near major cities, especially during the morning and afternoon\
  \ rush hours, when passenger vehicle congestion is also at its highest. The fact\
  \ is that economic growth generates new jobs and new or additional flows of goods,\
  \ and thus more traffic. The Ministry of Infrastructure has been working on the\
  \ issue of increasing traffic flow on motorways for a long time. One of the measures\
  \ that has certainly contributed to better traffic flow during the morning and afternoon\
  \ rush hours is the ban on overtaking goods vehicles. In addition, this year, on\
  \ the eastern Ljubljana bypass, the weaning lane was converted into a carriageway,\
  \ thus eliminating the congestion we previously saw in front of the Malence junction.\n\
  It should be recalled that in 2010, a measure was already introduced to adjust the\
  \ toll rate for goods vehicles at night between 10 pm and 6 am. The aim of the measure\
  \ was to encourage the use of the toll network during night time. This was a transport\
  \ policy measure which did not \"come to life\" in practice, as traffic count data\
  \ or other data from the motorway network operator showed that there was no significant\
  \ increase in the volume of night-time freight traffic, despite the 10% reduction\
  \ in the toll. The measure was abolished as of 1 October 2013 as it did not achieve\
  \ the desired effects.\nA review of the publicly available comparative legal arrangements\
  \ in some other EU countries (e.g. Austria, Italy, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia,\
  \ Germany, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary) shows that reduced tolls for freight\
  \ vehicles are only applied in Austria (between 10 pm and 5 am) and in the Czech\
  \ Republic (on Fridays between 3 pm and 8 pm). Taking this into account, it can\
  \ be concluded that the measure of adjusting the level of the toll for freight vehicles\
  \ according to the time of day is not widespread.\nTraffic congestion at peak times\
  \ is a pressing problem not only in Slovenia, but also elsewhere in Europe. Despite\
  \ the measures taken, we are still not satisfied with the situation, and we are\
  \ therefore monitoring the situation closely at national level with a view to finding\
  \ solutions that would contribute to relieving the pressure on the road network.\
  \ One of the possible solutions is to adjust the level of the truck toll according\
  \ to the time of day. This is a measure that is allowed by law, but its impacts\
  \ and effects need to be studied and a broader social consensus needs to be reached\
  \ before a decision can be taken to introduce it.\n "
response date: 2018-12-24
response due date: null
sent date: 2018-11-09
title: More expensive tolls for goods vehicles during the busiest times of the day
upvotes: 17
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/9561
