Gasoline and diesel prices, drastic increases, tolls, major cities, job jenkins to the parking lot charge and car tax up. The ministry of programme of measures to predict hard times for the private motorist, write newspaper Mikko räsänen motoring costs is expected in the next few years, drastic increases. Joel Maisalmi
the ministry of Transport and communications has published the Transport climate change policy task force report on the measures in Finland to achieve carbon-free transport in 2045.
the Quest for emission-free into is an admirable and ambitious goal. It is also a goal so hard, that there is not from the gentle exhortations or climate awareness stressed in advertising campaigns.
the working Group programme of measures is not gentle. It is a direct hammering of how the entire country literally forced to punch punched in the displaced petrol and diesel cars greener alternatives, mainly electric cars. The final nail in the fossil fuel coffin waiting for gasoline and diesel ban in 2045.
measures the sound I saw a motorist point of view really hard:
Gasoline and diesel price will be tax increases on the tow up from 2020 onwards. Wildly tilted fuel in redirected people to move to electric cars. The cost of the fuel would be tax to raise every year 3 to 9 cents. Within ten years the price per liter of rose to be so afraid of a tax increase of 30-90 cents. When it is calculated increases, which are due to crude oil price, refining, distribution, transportation and general inflation. Can be, then, that ten years after ysiviitosta price per liter is spinning at 2.5 million, around the current 1.5 euros instead.
the Toll will be introduced in the cities. The working group is talking about cities and not metropolitan, so it means other cities like Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. At least in Turku and Tampere it’s worth checking, therefore, began to look forward to the pay centre-driven. When the road use cost, let’s hope people exchange their cars for public transport
– Parking difficult will be reducing the parking spot number of. And harvenevista the parking lot for made more expensive. Many can now park their car for free to their jobs in the parking lot. It is to be tackled, and the future that parking would be made taxable employee benefit. This, too, hoped to control the private car the public transport user.
the Old high emission cars tax increase. When their ownership becomes more expensive, they want the people themselves to move to electric cars.
I am sure these reforms as the core target groups. I’m a working 43-year-old from espoo a family man who lives a good public connections to the center. And I admit, that these reforms will certainly also bite me. If the car tilts drastically and the parking lot to find an time will be doubled, will the car to stay still more often in the garage.
Although in my case the measures are working, you have to remember that I do not represent the whole of Finland. In fact represented in the end a limited and privileged set, because I really have several options everyday to move after. In this country people from many lives, however, in sparsely populated areas, where the private car is not an option. Tell it to use the bus, if such passing only a couple times a day and the nearest stop is miles away.
in any public transport development will not bring about a situation in which every rural resident should be realistic, that he could take care of my business trips, visit, childcare drop-offs and hobbies public transport use. Thus, the front of reforms added to the worst people of the between inequality.
And the problem is eventually touch even the countryside, but the challenges will be also in small towns. I spent my youth in Lappeenranta at the back in the fir tree in the district. Today Kuuselassa not have any bus connection. The nearest bus stop can be found adjacent Mäntylä district. There, too, the first bus departs 06.50, that seven would go to work for does not even offer the possibility to use public transport. Most of the time Mäntylästä leaves only one bus an hour. At the 18:after the registration of the bus of the passage spacing is 1.5 hours. It is difficult to imagine that many cars used to see that as a realistic alternative to your own car. And Missouri is, however, more than 70 000 inhabitants of the city. These problems only grow in smaller cities and municipalities in the transition.
the ministry of group presentation turns out that the transition to electric cars is expected to happen really quickly. According to the prophecy in 2030 new car sales of more that five moving gasoline. The transition accelerated by the fact that taxation will be eased of new ecological cars and taxation of gravity is moved even more strongly the acquisition tax automobile use tax.
I’m Sure every driver would be delighted to exchange the old gas cart novelty of the shiny Tesla, if only it would be financially sensible or even possible. Although the new electric car prices would be halved and the e-cars are already 15 000 eur, is it still a large sum of money and, unfortunately, for many, too.
there’s a lot of 15-25 year old cars, and this is due to the fact that those drivers would want a new car, but the fact that they do not have to invest in buying a car a few thousands of euros more money. The working group acknowledges that the plans of major emitting cars, the tax increases hit hardest precisely those with low incomes, who cannot afford to go to change their cars to new ones. They will provide only a support, which can be converted to the old gas car for example, gas use, or scrapping premium, which may, if may car last journey.
auto union hastened, too, to remember that the average Finnish drive 3600 euros to the value of the car. Electric cars can be quite a price drop before they are realistic options for those consumers.
the dichotomy between rich and poor will be seen also in transport. The working party has calculated that the tolls or road user charges will reduce congestion and speed up traffic. For example, Helsinki has calculated that toll, thanks to the cars would be so much less, that the trip to Helsinki city center take 4-7 minutes less. The rich are so driven by so as before, the poorest would be left to wait for the bus.
despite the Criticism, have to admit, that the task force’s vision for the year 2045 is stunning: completely carbon-free transport, significantly better functioning and more diverse public transport as well as culture, with more and more people will walk or cycle regularly. Yes, such a future would be nice.
That goal is so great, that it toward a worthwhile endeavor. But at the same time it’s a goal so ambitious that the change does not come sure to be a to motorists painless. Before the great destination from the front may be a motorists hell.
