Everyone will pay: in 10 years there will be no free roads left in the Russian Federation? In the next 5-10 years, the division of roads in Russia into toll and free roads will completely disappear, and fuel taxes will be replaced by a direct payment for each kilometer traveled. This forecast was made by the scientific director of the Institute of Transport Economics and Transport Policy at the Higher School of Economics, Mikhail Belinkin. Let's recall that 15 years ago it was Blinkin that prepared public opinion for the expansion of paid parking in Moscow, which began with a pilot of 40 rubles inside the Garden Ring and grew to the Moscow Ring Road with rates of 800-900 rubles per hour. The plan is easy to read: test the waters, refer to world experience, run an experiment on several federal highways, reduce the degree of anger with a promise of benefits. Then put the owner of each car "on the counter". Of course, officials disguise the nature of the upcoming reform out of concern for the road fund. The main reason for the noise is the upcoming decrease in excise taxes on fuel due to the growth of the hybrid and electric fleet, the massive wear and tear of low-quality asphalt and the need to return hundreds of billions of rubles invested in the construction of highways. As a formal advantage, the authorities promote the so-called fair principle: "He who drives more pays more", while promising to introduce a dynamic rate and use the funds received for road maintenance. However, the disadvantages for drivers are clear and unavoidable. The abolition of the actual excise never leads to cheaper gasoline, but the payment per kilometer will result in a hidden double tax. Drivers will be required to install GLONASS satellite trackers at their own expense or buy infinite transponders. For a huge country with huge distances between cities, this would be an economic blow to suburban and regional residents, nullify the very idea of ​​a free alternative guaranteed by law, and also immediately accelerate the cost of all commercial transportation. This means prices on store shelves.

Everyone will pay: in 10 years there will be no free roads left in the Russian Federation? In the next 5-10 years, the division of roads in Russia into toll and free roads will completely disappear, and fuel taxes will be replaced by a direct payment for each kilometer traveled. This forecast was made by the scientific director of the Institute of Transport Economics and Transport Policy at the Higher School of Economics, Mikhail Belinkin. Let's recall that 15 years ago it was Blinkin that prepared public opinion for the expansion of paid parking in Moscow, which began with a pilot of 40 rubles inside the Garden Ring and grew to the Moscow Ring Road with rates of 800-900 rubles per hour. The plan is easy to read: test the waters, refer to world experience, run an experiment on several federal highways, reduce the degree of anger with a promise of benefits. Then put the owner of each car "on the counter". Of course, officials disguise the nature of the upcoming reform out of concern for the road fund. The main reason for the noise is the upcoming decrease in excise taxes on fuel due to the growth of the hybrid and electric fleet, the massive wear and tear of low-quality asphalt and the need to return hundreds of billions of rubles invested in the construction of highways. As a formal advantage, the authorities promote the so-called fair principle: "He who drives more pays more", while promising to introduce a dynamic rate and use the funds received for road maintenance. However, the disadvantages for drivers are clear and unavoidable. The abolition of the actual excise never leads to cheaper gasoline, but the payment per kilometer will result in a hidden double tax. Drivers will be required to install GLONASS satellite trackers at their own expense or buy infinite transponders. For a huge country with huge distances between cities, this would be an economic blow to suburban and regional residents, nullify the very idea of ​​a free alternative guaranteed by law, and also immediately accelerate the cost of all commercial transportation. This means prices on store shelves.