From 0:00 on January 1, 2020, 487 provincial toll stations of expressways in 29 networked provinces in China will be cancelled.
However, while canceling toll stations and speeding up vehicle traffic efficiency, some truck drivers found that highway tolls had risen. This topic has also become a hot topic on social platforms recently.
Has the highway toll really gone up? The reporter of the daily economic news conducted an investigation on this issue.
Owner: Truck toll rises
Some truck drivers reported that the toll of expressway has increased by a large margin.
But different from the hot discussion of price increase by truck drivers, Mr. Pu in Sichuan encountered the situation that he didn't deduct the fee by taking the expressway. On January 3, Mr. Pu drove his private car from Chengdu to Mianyang and went back and forth that day. Strangely, after he normally took the etc channel, it showed that the deduction amount was 0 yuan.
Mr. Pu told the reporter of the daily economic news that the traffic flow of etc on that day was not large, and there was no car ahead when passing through etc, but by January 5, it had been more than 24 hours, and there was no deduction information.
Some car owners in Guangdong also encountered a similar situation. According to jinyang.com, many car owners found that the charge on the electronic display screen was only a few yuan, and some were even less than 1 yuan when they drove down the etc channel on New Year's day. The day is not a toll road free time. Why does etc charge less?
In this regard, Xu Haibo, director of the charge management office of the Guangdong Provincial Department of transportation, responded that from 0:00 on January 1 this year, sectional charging will be implemented when national expressways pass through the etc portal system. Therefore, the owner sees that the toll data on the electronic display screen is no longer the whole journey toll, but the toll on the ramp of the entrance / exit toll station.
So, has the highway toll increased or decreased?
Then, the reporter of "daily economic news" contacted Wang Jun (a pseudonym), a staff member of a provincial toll station, who told the reporter the latest relevant situation. He said that at present, the main reason is that the charges for trucks are higher than before. Specifically, empty cars are more expensive than before, and full cars are cheaper than before. Passenger car charges are more accurate, and etc charges can be accurate to points.
The vehicle classification standard has been adjusted
On December 31, 2019, the provincial toll station of expressway will be cancelled, and the grid connection switching of the project will be successfully completed.
The reporter noted that since January 1, many netizens have reflected on social media that the toll of expressway has increased. Has the toll standard of Expressway been adjusted?
The reporter noted that in May 2019, the State Council Office issued the implementation plan for deepening the reform of toll road system and canceling provincial toll stations of expressways, requiring to adjust the charging method of truck tolls and uniformly charge by vehicle (axle) type from January 1, 2020.
Since the charge is based on the vehicle (axle) type, the classification standard of vehicle models must be revised first. So, in June 2019, the Ministry of transport issued the industry standard (JT/T 489-2019) of toll road vehicle tolls classification. Compared with the original classification method, the main adjustments were made in several aspects: among them, the classification limit values of the 1 types of passenger cars were adjusted. The classification limit value of class 1 and class 2 passenger cars is revised from 7 authorized passengers to 9. After the revision of the standard, the vehicles carrying 8 and 9 people are reduced from the original class 2 bus to class 1 bus, reducing the charging standard of corresponding vehicles. In addition, all types of trucks in the new standard are classified according to the total axle number, vehicle length and maximum allowable total mass.
Before that, the truck was charged by weight, that is, the toll was calculated and charged based on the total weight of vehicles and goods weighed at the toll station. The toll amount for vehicles of different tonnage was different, 'more loading and more charging, less loading and less charging'. After changing to charging by vehicle type, the toll shall be calculated and charged based on the number of vehicle axles. The same charging standard shall be implemented for vehicles of the same axle type, no matter how much they are installed or how little they are installed.
Of course, this' same charging standard 'is not the same across the country. In July 2019, the Ministry of transport, the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a document requiring to do a good job in the adjustment of truck toll charging method, uniformly adjust the vehicle classification, re approve the vehicle toll charging standard, and implement it after being reported to the provincial government for approval according to the procedures.
Taking Guangdong Province as an example, a 6-axle truck runs 100km six lane expressway, the total weight of the goods is 49 tons, and the weight charge should be 260 yuan; The total weight of the unloaded goods is 19 tons, and the weight charge should be 238 yuan; After changing to charging by model, 245 yuan will be charged whether full load or no load; In the case of "full load and no-load return" on the return trip, the charge by model (490 yuan) is 8 yuan less than the weight charge (498 yuan).
Ministry of transport: if you do pay more, you have to refund
Recently, Jiangsu, Jilin, Shandong and other places have announced highway vehicle toll standards.
In view of the toll increase proposed by some truck drivers on the Internet, Wang Jun (a pseudonym), a staff member of the expressway toll station, said that there is no unified charging standard in the country, and the provinces are formulating their own standards.
The reporter noted that there are certain differences among different regions. Take the two neighboring provinces of Shandong and Jiangsu as an example. For a class I truck with a total number of axles (including suspended axles) of 2, the vehicle length is less than 6m and the maximum allowable total mass is less than 4.5t. The charging standard of Jiangsu Networked Expressway is 0.45 yuan / vehicle km; The toll of expressways opened in Shandong before 2018 is 0.4 yuan / km, and the toll of new and reconstructed expressways after 2018 is 0.5 yuan / km.
According to Wang Jun, at present, the charging of passenger cars is more accurate, etc vehicles are accurate to points, and ordinary vehicles (Expressway compound pass card vehicles) are accurate to yuan. However, the fees for large trucks are more expensive than before.
Wang Jun said: 'empty cars are more expensive than before, and full cars are cheaper than before. Now the system is not stable, and the situation in some provinces (Fees) is also unstable. "
In this regard, Gu Zhifeng, director of the road network management office of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of transport, said: "a new system may run unstable in some parts, and it is an abnormal phenomenon to transmit a large amount of toll bills online. When we found this situation, we asked for verification at the first time, understand the situation and deal with it in a timely manner. For these vehicles with abnormal fees, we require that we first ensure the priority of vehicles, release the vehicles first, and don't delay the vehicles in charging. Then, the vehicle number is registered in the background. After investigation and verification, it is handled in strict accordance with the standards. If the vehicle has indeed been overpaid for various reasons, we will arrange to contact him and return the money that should be refunded to the owner. "
Gu Zhifeng explained that different from the previous general implementation of truck weight charging in China's expressways, the reformed truck toll charging method has been unified as vehicle (axle) charging since January 1, 2020, so as to simplify the non-stop weighing and detection procedure at the entrance of closed expressway toll stations and improve the truck traffic efficiency. After the reform, the full load traffic rate of trucks is significantly reduced, but it may increase slightly under no-load or half load. It is suggested that relevant enterprises should strengthen transportation organization and improve the actual load rate.
Source: Daily Economic News