FOR GOVERNMENTS

National transport policy, tested before it is law.

A toll on national roads, a second rail track or a new motorway, tried on a simulated weekday of a whole country.

Polycity's editor on Bulgaria: a distance charge on the numbered roads, €0.04 a km for vans and €0.09 a km for lorries.
Polycity on Bulgaria, a lorry toll drawn on the national roads

TRANSPORT MINISTRIES

Charging lorries by the kilometre.

Pick the national roads and a price a kilometre for vans and lorries. Polycity runs a weekday of the whole country with the toll and without it, and the study shows the difference.

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What the study shows

  • Money collected, by charge, vehicle and hour
  • Who pays, by income band
  • Hours lost in traffic, road by road
  • Roads that gain cars and roads that lose them
Polycity's Congestion map of Bulgaria comparing the toll day with the day without it: each road coloured by how many more or fewer cars drive it in the whole day.
1Cars on each road
Polycity's Mobility results for Bulgaria's lorry toll day: every province coloured by how the share of trips made by car moved against the day without the toll.
2Car share by province
  1. 1Pick the roads and the price
  2. 2We run the weekday twice
  3. 3Read who pays

Roads agencies

How much a border crossing carries.

4,000 lorries a day in at Kapitan Andreevo

  • Through vehicles
  • Time to cross
  • Roads jammed
Polycity's editor on Bulgaria: a gateway at Kapitan Andreevo on the Turkish border, 4,000 lorries and 6,000 cars a day.

Road builders

Which motorway to finish next.

Hemus to Veliko Tarnovo, 2 lanes each way, 140 km/h

  • Cars on the new road
  • Hours lost
  • Trip times
Polycity's editor on Bulgaria: the Hemus motorway drawn on to Veliko Tarnovo, 2 lanes each way at 140 km/h.

Rail agencies

Where to lay a second track.

2 tracks on 39.7 km of the Plovdiv to Burgas line

  • Trains held
  • Minutes waited
  • Boardings
Polycity's editor on Bulgaria: the Plovdiv to Burgas railway out of Plovdiv raised from one track to two.

Freight policy

Which roads lorries are kept off.

Over 12 tonnes kept off 39.8 km of road 5 at Shipka

  • Lorry detours
  • Goods vehicle km
  • Carbon dioxide
Polycity's editor on Bulgaria: a freight restriction on road 5 over the Shipka Pass, 39.8 km from Kazanlak, open to every way of travelling up to 12 tonnes.