ITS Australia is conducting this survey to understand our members’ views on the design and implementation of potential road user charging schemes and the role that intelligent transport systems can play. Your insights will help shape our advocacy with governments, and guide the events, publications and industry engagement activities we undertake on this important topic.

The survey should take around 15 minutes to complete, and we greatly appreciate your considered input
Policy and User Groups

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* 1. In your view, what should be the primary policy objectives of any RUC scheme and how would you rank them in importance?

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* 2. What RUC technology and operating models do you see as most viable in the Australian context?

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* 3. What are the key technical or interoperability challenges you foresee for deployment at scale? (if any)

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* 4. How do you expect RUC to affect your part of the transport ecosystem (e.g. road authorities, freight and logistics operators, OEMs, toll road operators, technology vendors, research organisations, local governments), and what transition issues would need to be managed for your stakeholders?

Technology Decisions and Deployment

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* 5. How should RUC be phased in across different vehicle types?

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* 6. What safeguards are needed to ensure that RUC does not slow the uptake of low‑ and zero‑emission vehicles?

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* 7. What are the most important privacy, cyber‑security and data‑governance protections that must be in place for your organisation and your customers to trust a technology‑enabled RUC system that collects and uses trip or location data?

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* 8. What opportunities do you see to integrate RUC with existing ITS and payment systems?

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* 9. What barriers currently hinder integration?

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* 10. How should RUC design account for the needs of different communities (for example regional and remote users, low‑income households, people with disability, small operators), and what pricing or concession mechanisms would you prioritise, if any? (noting nothing is done with fuel excise for any of these)

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* 11. What role should Australian ITS industry capabilities (including SMEs, startups, and research institutions) play in designing, trialling and operating RUC systems, and what actions from governments would best support innovation and local industry participation?

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* 12. What forms of piloting, staged implementation and stakeholder engagement (for example co‑design with industry, community trials, sandboxes, regulatory reforms) would give you confidence that RUC can be introduced in a fair, efficient and publicly acceptable way?

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* 13. Have you seen applications of RUC or similar policies / initiatives delivered, if so what and where. Can you highlight one or more examples of why these implementations where successful or otherwise. Do you have any contacts in these jurisdictions that could present on their work?

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* 14. What, if any, further research is needed before implementing RUC? How might the ITS sector support this?

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* 15. What should be the relative roles of Commonwealth, State/Territory and local governments in implementing RUC?

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* 16. What should happen to the Commonwealth fuel excise tax if RUC is applied to vehicles subject to it? How can the ITS sector support options around this?

ITS Australia's Role

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* 17. Should ITS Australia advocate for the introduction of RUC in Australia?

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* 18. Where should ITS Australia focus on policy relating to RUC if introduced?

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* 19. How would you like to see ITS Australia’s role in the RUC discussion?

If you are interested in being part of the ongoing discussion about RUC and would like to be involved please email stacey.ryan@its-australia.com.au or provide your contact details below.

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* 20. Contact details

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