Road usage charge economic analysis.

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• Creators:
  McMullen, B. Starr ; Wang, Haizhong ; Ke, Yue ; Vogt, Rachel ; Dong, Shangjia
• Corporate Creators:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • User charges
  • Mileage-based user fees
  • Economic impacts Road user charges, Geographic locations
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-OR-RD-16-13
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section
• Abstract:
  The overall objective of this research is to provide ODOT with up to date information on the economic ; impact of various Road User Charge (RUC) alternatives on the stakeholders in the state of Oregon. Of particular ; concern to policymakers were the perceived differences the implementation of a RUC might have on different ; regions of the state. ; Oregon SB 810 creates a program that allows drivers to pay a mileage based RUC of 1.5 cents per mile rather ; than the current 30-cent per gallon state fuel tax. Major concerns over the adoption of this RUC are that it could ; increase costs for rural households relative to urban households and that the costs would fall disproportionately ; on lower income groups. Further, there could be significant differences due to locational distinctions other than ; simply the urban/rural split. Previous work in the area was limited by the small Oregon sample of households ; included in the NHTS data set at either the statewide level or using a broad urban/rural distinction. The newly ; available OHAS data set provides detailed information that permits impacts to be assessed using ; regional/geographic definition that are more relevant for policymakers in Oregon. Alternatives to the flat RUC ; of 1.5 cents per mile applied to all vehicles included were: ; 1. A fee of 1.5 cents per mile applied to only vehicles with >30, >40 and >50 MPG (four different ; scenarios) while retaining the fuel tax for all others and, ; 2. A fee of 1.5 cents per mile applied only to new vehicles in the OHAS data set (defined to be 2009, 2010, ; 2011 or 2012 model year vehicles) while retaining the fuel tax for all others. ; Results using the OHAS data show that on average, statewide households will pay 5 cents more daily under a ; RUC than the current fuel tax (since the 1.5 cent per mile RUC actually would produce more gross revenue than ; the current fuel tax). However, the increase for rural regions is less than the statewide average while regions with ; more urban areas will pay slightly more than the statewide average. Further, we find that the distributional impact ; of imposing this at 1.5 cent RUC on all households in the OHAS data set differs depending on the region of the ; state examined. Appendix C reproduces the results using a revenue neutral per-mile fee.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR 774
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30706/dot_30706_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 880.07 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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