A wide area road user fee financing system for Russian federal highways

The US Federal Highway Administration has maintained an office in Moscow since 1994, assisting the Russian Federal Highway Service in their transition from soviet to democratic/free market institutions in the highway sector. One such effort has been to work with the Russians in evaluating a variety of road financing options that advance their development of a national road system while encouraging the transfer of some of the world’s newest technologies. One such option is a fully private sector developed and operated system for monitoring the road usage of heavy commercial vehicles.