Equity evaluation of sustainable mileage-based user fee scenarios.

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• Creators:
  Burris, Mark ; Lee, Sunghoon ; Geiselbrecht, Tina ; Baker, Trey
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Sustainable transportation
  • Fuel taxes
  • Vehicle miles of travel
  • Revenues
  • Government funding
  • Equity (Finance)
  • User charges
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/14/600451-00007-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The Texas state gas tax has been 20 cents per gallon since 1991, and the federal gas tax has been ; 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993. The gas tax is not only stagnant, but depreciating in value due to ; inflation. This is forcing some transportation providers to increase their focus on spending for a more ; sustainable transportation system, thus shifting how tax revenues are spent. One proposed alternative to ; the gas tax is the creation of a mileage-based user fee (MBUF), which would then shift how revenues are ; collected. This research examined potential equity impacts of these shifts in the collection and ; disbursement of transportation funds. ; This research used 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Texas data along with detailed ; spending estimates from the Texas Department of Transportation to consider the equity impacts ; surrounding three MBUF and spending scenarios. NHTS data were weighted to reflect results ; representative of Texas vehicle-owning households. Each scenario was run both statically and ; dynamically under the assumption that the MBUF would replace the state gas tax. Results indicate that ; the impact of the MBUF on geographic equity can be different depending on allocation of transportation ; funding. However, the MBUF was essentially as equally vertically equitable as the current state gas tax.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT 12-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26648/dot_26648_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a0552017434b313495c93ced4eb90abcd83f93674b4c361297fb73eacb2660ba