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〈Netizen makes plaster car to protest unreasonable fees〉

（会发布中英文对照版本）

Netizens makes car plasters to protest unreasonable passing fee

By Wang Yu

Netizens at the XCar Tianjin community are distributing plaster casts of cars branded with the number “55” and the text, “I can’t say too much about it.” The cars are a protest against the controversial monthly “passing fee” initiated by the Tianjin local government.

Liu Bo, chief officer of the Tianjin Municipal Traffic Management Bureau, uttered the phrase now made famous on the plaster cars during his interview with CCTV’s Focus. The program targets controversial social phenomena and has a lot of influence in the country.

Tianjin took out loans in 1990 to begin constructing its high-quality roads. To pay back the debt, local authorities installed 42 toll gates and caused major traffic jams. On June 1, 2003, the bureau began charging all drivers a monthly 55-yuan “passing fee.” “It’s unfair, I don’t even drive on such roads, why should I pay the debt?” Jinshu Luzhang,*****, said.

Baobao, designer of the plaster car, has been a driver for four years. She made her mark on the topic after proposing her plan on Xcar’s BBS after the CCTV Focus program aired.

“I spent my own money and made three plaster casts the noon after the broadcast. All we drivers hope to do is just make our voices heard by the government. The attitude of the officer (Liu Bo) on that TV program was unacceptable. It’s our obligation to pay for the road construction, but we also have the right to know how much money they have collected during the past few years and where it went,” Baobao said.

According to Tianjin’s policy, drivers must pay a passing fee every year for 25 years starting from. No one knows how the government calculated this figure or how accurate it is, especially with the number of cars on the road increasing yearly.

“Roads are business products since they were built using commercial loans. The users are left to pay the debt and they deserve to know the locations of these roads to choose their paths,” said Bai Xuejie, a professor at the Institute of Transportation Economics of Nankai University.

Tianjin’s problem was exposed after the government stopped collecting tolls on January 1. Similar “passing fees” are charged in major cities like Shanghai and Chongqing. Reforms to the fuel tax mandated a gradual elimination of these fees, but the policy never fixed any plans for the transition period.

On January 14, Wang Shuxing, vice director of the Tianjin Municipal Traffic Management Bureau said at a press conference that the collection of a passing fee is legal and will continue. The total income from passing fees collected in 2003 is 7.2 billion yuan. Wang did not say for which roads this money paid.

“I have friends in other districts who will help me distribute the plasters. They are free for all drivers. I won’t stop doing this until we get a clear explanation,” Baobao said.

更新英文原版

网民发放自制车标抗议不合理道路通行费
撰稿 王宇

   上周以来，中国爱卡汽车俱乐部网站天津分会的网民就开始了发放自制的车标的活动。醒目的“55”数字标志正是天津政府每月向车主征收的具有争议性的道路费用。数字下方还印有一行文字“这事不能说太细”。
   这句话出自天津市政交通管理局局长在接受中央电视台《焦点访谈》节目时的采访，这档节目在目前在中国具有很大的社会影响力。很快地，这句话在天津爱卡网民中流传开来。
   
据这位局长说，天津自1990年开始已贷款修建了很多高质量的道路。为了偿还贷款，当地政府部门过去在城市设立了42个贷款道路收费站，但这种收费方式经常引出交通堵塞问题。 自2003年6月1日，道路管理局决定向每位车主每月征收55元通行费。“这项收费不公平。如果我没有走贷款建设的道路，为什么向我收取费用？”爱卡网民“Jinshu Luzhang” 说道。
宝宝，一位拥有4年驾龄的车主，也是此次活动车标的设计者，在看完《焦点访谈》的节目后在爱卡论坛就此事也发表了自己的想法。
“访谈播出后，我用自己的钱一下午的时间就印制了3种不同的车标。这么做是希望政府能听到我们车主的声音。这位局长在节目中的回答令人无法接受。为道路建设交付相应的费用是我们义不容辞的责任，但是我们也有权利知道他们过去几年向我们征收的费用都用在了哪里？”宝宝说。
根据天津市政策，车主自2003年开始每年要缴纳通行费用，需交25年。政府究竟是如何计算此项收费的呢？每年车的数量不断增加。“商业贷款修建的道路应属于商业行为，所以只有使用者才应支付费用，车主有权知道这些道路的位置从而进行选择性行使。”白雪洁，南开大学交通经济学院教授说道。
随着今年1月中国政府停止收取道路通行费用，天津市长期积累的问题逐渐暴露出来。上海、重庆等大城市的通行费用问题也露出台面。燃油税的改革，对逐渐取消通行费的要求成为这些当地政府的借口，因为新的政策并没有标出明确的过渡时期的时间限制。
1月14日，天津市政交通管理局副部长王Shuxing，在新闻发布会上称通行费的征收是合法行为并会持续征收。自2003年总征收额为72亿元，但他并未提及到底哪些为贷款修建的道路。
“现在，我有一些朋友在城市的各个区县帮我分发车标，所有车标全部是免费赠送车主，在没有得到清楚的答复前我是不会停下来的。”宝宝说。