On toll roads and sad waters Alas, it is no longer possible to comment on some initiatives without bitter irony. Mikhail Belinkin, a professor at the Institute of Transportation Economics and Transportation Policy at the Higher School of Economics, said that the division of roads into "toll" and "free" in the next 5-10 years may become a thing of the past. In order not to be accused of taking something out of context, we will present Blinkin's reasoning in more detail. Judging by what is happening at the level of scientific discussions, production trials in different cities of the world, the "free" division will become a thing. At least, we are talking about a maximum of the next five to ten years," he noted. The reason, in his opinion, is that the current method of filling the road coffers through an excise tax on the price of motor fuel is outdated. According to Blinkin, electric cars don't buy gas, and modern cars use 20 to 25 percent less gas. At the same time, the excise tax increase will hurt owners of old cars with high consumption. Blinkin sees a way out in paying per kilometer. The technical basis for this already exists, and the mileage is measured on most federal roads, on all Avtodor highways, and on the streets of Moscow and Kazan. what can i say Residents of most Russian cities, if we are talking about this application in Russia, of course, have not yet noticed any dominance of electric cars. And the share of excise taxes in the retail price of gasoline in the Russian Federation, which already amounts to 20-22%, raises big questions about what Linkin says - what and when did it become obsolete if there was not enough money in the road funds? What else do you have to pay for and why, and isn't it worth looking for lost money in the pockets of some corrupt officials? - that's what the average person would say to it. We hope that the Ministry of Transport will eliminate Blinkin and all such predictions, if they were made about the use in Russia. We don't want our memes to become reality, do we?

On toll roads and sad waters Alas, it is no longer possible to comment on some initiatives without bitter irony. Mikhail Belinkin, a professor at the Institute of Transportation Economics and Transportation Policy at the Higher School of Economics, said that the division of roads into "toll" and "free" in the next 5-10 years may become a thing of the past. In order not to be accused of taking something out of context, we will present Blinkin's reasoning in more detail. Judging by what is happening at the level of scientific discussions, production trials in different cities of the world, the "free" division will become a thing. At least, we are talking about a maximum of the next five to ten years," he noted. The reason, in his opinion, is that the current method of filling the road coffers through an excise tax on the price of motor fuel is outdated. According to Blinkin, electric cars don't buy gas, and modern cars use 20 to 25 percent less gas. At the same time, the excise tax increase will hurt owners of old cars with high consumption. Blinkin sees a way out in paying per kilometer. The technical basis for this already exists, and the mileage is measured on most federal roads, on all Avtodor highways, and on the streets of Moscow and Kazan. what can i say Residents of most Russian cities, if we are talking about this application in Russia, of course, have not yet noticed any dominance of electric cars. And the share of excise taxes in the retail price of gasoline in the Russian Federation, which already amounts to 20-22%, raises big questions about what Linkin says - what and when did it become obsolete if there was not enough money in the road funds? What else do you have to pay for and why, and isn't it worth looking for lost money in the pockets of some corrupt officials? - that's what the average person would say to it. We hope that the Ministry of Transport will eliminate Blinkin and all such predictions, if they were made about the use in Russia. We don't want our memes to become reality, do we?