Starting in 2026: How the Dutch Truck toll accelerates innovation and sustainable road transport
After years of preparation, the Dutch truck toll will start on July the 1st 2026. From that date onwards truck owners will pay per km driven, and they will need a contract with toll-service-provider and and an on-board-unit.
TruckToll makes an important contribution to the promomtion of sustainable and efficient transport. Not only are the rates based on CO2-emissions, but a large part of the revenue will be used to fund sustainability subsidies. For example, for the purchase of electric trucks and charging stations.
During the presentation we talk about what TruckToll entails, how the system works and what changes for owners of trucks. Then we will dive deeper into the goals, the contribution to promoting sustainable transport, the implementation approach, and the use of toll-service-providers and other private companies. Last but not least, special attention will given to how tight collaboration with stakeholders, especially transport sector, was vital for designing the subsidy programme.
The presentation will raise awareness about how tolling can be implemented. Stakeholders of tolling, like (road) authorities, (EETS) service providers, transport operators and NGOs can benifit from the lessons learned so far.
Speakers
Stijn is a senior policy officer at the ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management off the Netherlands. He works on pricing policies for mobility. His current focus is the implementation of the Dutch TruckToll, which will take effect on July the 1st of 2026. with the TruckToll pay-per-km for trucks is introduced in the Netherlands. Stijn has a background in business administration.
Arjan van Vliet has 25 years of hands on experience in the mobility sector. He was mainly working on the transfer of innovations into policy and legislation to make transport and logistics more sustainable and safer. He contributed to many international (Twinning) projects in the European member states.
After having worked at the national road vehicle approval and vehicle registration authority (RDW) he moved the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. Among others he worked on aviation related topics like hybrid and electric aviation and drones.
Arjan is currently contributing the implementation of heavy-duty vehicle charge in the Netherlands (MAUT). His position is deputy program manager. Arjan has a background in engineering and speaks 5 languages.
