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Colorado mileage-based user fee study.
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2013-12-01
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Abstract:The Transportation Research Board, Government Accountability Office, and Colorado Transportation
Finance and Implementation Panel (CTFIP) suggested that Colorado pursue fees based on actual travel
as an alternative to the fuel tax. Revenues from mileage-based user fees (MBUF) would not vary based
on fleet fuel consumption and would instead return revenue in proportion to use of the roadway
network. The 2008 CTFIP recommended specifically that the Colorado Department of Transportation
(CDOT) study MBUF in more detail. This research project investigated the application of mileagebased
user fees, and more expansively road usage charges, as a possible mechanism to improve
funding for transportation. The final report documents: 1) state of the practice in MBUF; 2)
stakeholder and public perceptions of MBUF in Colorado; 3) operations guidance; and 4)
recommendations for next steps. This yielded the primary conclusion: although a mileage-based user
fee system can be created in Colorado so that all Colorado drivers pay their proportional share of
roadway system costs, significant issues remain from technical, policy, and public acceptance
perspectives.
Implementation
Too many operational and technological questions remain unanswered, and must be tested and
evaluated before the state would be ready to commit to a statewide implementation of this strategy.
Rather, alternative short-term measures that can accomplish many of the objectives of mileage-based
user fees – namely, an increase in revenue and better distribution of payment from alternative fuel and
fuel high-efficiency vehicles – should be evaluated and considered.
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