Charging, Tolling & Road Pricing

Q-Free is to supply advanced transportation management systems (ATMS) to Ljubljana City (Ljubljanska Parkirisca and Trznice) in Slovenia, in a contract worth US$875,000. The contract, which runs for three years, includes seven new parking systems, maintenance and support of the parking systems and upgrading of the existing central system. Implementation begins this month. “Q-Free is the market leader in road user charging and ATMS solutions in Slovenia. This contract confirms the attractiveness of o

US toll and violation management solutions provider ATS Fleet Services has acquired all the assets of Texas-based Rent a Toll, a provider of toll management solutions to rental car companies and corporate fleets. "Rent a Toll has been a terrific service provider for the fleet and rental car tolling industries," said Adam Draizin, ATS Fleet Services president and executive vice president of American Traffic Solutions. "Together, we share the commitment of delivering results for our customers. This acquis

The controversial ecotax on heavy goods vehicles that sparked protests across France last year has been consigned to the scrapheap, according to a report in French newspaper The Connexion. Prime Minister Manuel Valls has confirmed that the government will roll out a new system of road tolls on trucks using roads with particularly heavy freight traffic. The charge will be imposed on vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes using 4,000 kilometres of roads that carry more than 2,500 heavy goods vehicles a day