From fuel taxes to mileage-based user fees : rationale, technology, and transitional issues.

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• Creators:
  Coyle, David D. ; Robinson, Ferrol O. ; Zhao, Zhirong (Jerry) ; Munnich, Lee W. ; Lari, Adeel Z.
• Corporate Creators:
  Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Vehicle miles of travel
  • Fuel taxes
  • User charges
  • Taxation
  • Financing
  • Global Positioning System
  • Motor fuels--Taxation
  • Gasoline--Taxation--United States
  • User charges--United States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CTS 11-16
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Minnesota
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute
• Abstract:
  Two national commissions established by the U.S. Congress recommend replacing the current system of funding ; transportation based on fuel taxes with a new distance-based system of user fees. The State of Oregon has done a ; pilot project demonstrating a system for transitioning to mileage-based fees by paying the fees at the gas pump. The ; University of Iowa has conducted pilot tests around the country to determine how drivers respond to a mileagebased ; fee approach using GPS-based technology. The Puget Sound Regional Council has conducted a test of ; congestion tolling. Finally, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is testing an approach for collecting ; mileage-based user charges using commercially available smartphones with built-in GPS devices, in which the ; charge element is just one of the applications. ; While there have been discussions among many transportation leaders regarding why fuel taxes are no longer a ; good way of funding the transportation system, there is by no means a public understanding of why this is so. The ; public assumes that the taxes they pay at the pump are paying for the system, and that if funding problems exist, ; they are due to waste and inefficiency. This examination–of the rationale, technology, and transitional issues in ; shifting from a financing system for surface transportation based on fuel taxes to one that is based on a mileagebased ; user fee (MBUF) traveled or vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) fee–sets the stage for a policy discussion on ; transportation-related user fees and lays the groundwork for an extensive public outreach effort.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23178/dot_23178_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 526.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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