ARENA project to hold RUC trials in Sweden

Date: 29/1/2010

Source: ERTICO

The ARENA project started its Road User Charging (RUC) trials in Sweden in November 2009. ARENA is a Swedish Research and Development (R&D) project that aims to develop a RUC scheme for heavy goods vehicles based on the specifications of the European Electronic Tolling System (EETS).

As part of the project a test site was created for the purpose of demonstrating practical solutions and holding field trials. In November the project started trials of the concept it has developed for RUC scheme for trucks. As part of the trials, 5 different RUC devices were placed in trucks and tested in a real traffic environment. Through the equipment, the trucks could pay road charges and tolls, and gain access to telematics services coordinated with road user charging.

The trial will evaluate how different equipment for the collection of distance based road user charges for heavy goods vehicles performs in real traffic conditions in order to evaluate and verify the ARENA concept’s viability. The goal is also to gather experience and knowledge to support political decisions.

The ARENA Field Trial is conducted in cooperation with EROAD, Fela Management, GMV, Octo Telematics, Skymeter Corporation and Telenor Sweden. Further information on the ARENA project and the field trial is available on the ARENA website.

ITS Radar International will continue to monitor developments in ARENA

Key words: European Commission, Payment, Policy, Project