Implementable Strategies for Shifting to Direct Usage-Based Charges for Transportation Funding (2009) / Chapter Skim
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xxiii (IRS) ; national technology specifications and certification; and enabling or conforming state legislation.
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xxiv S.10. Preparatory Tasks While the task of preparing to implement a national VMT fee system by 2015 would be complex and demanding, the goal could nonetheless be possible.
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1 1. INTRODUCTION Motor fuel excise taxes have served as the principal mechanism for raising highway revenue at the federal and state level for most of the past century.
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2 on-road vehicles but not off-road uses)
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3 and it could similarly be increased for the most heavily polluting vehicles to promote faster adoption of more environmentally benign options. The Challenge of VMT Fees.
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4 As set forth in the request for proposals, the objectives of NCHRP Project 20-24 (69) include (1)
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5 • Project panel interactions. The research team met, via teleconference, with the project panel during Task 1 to receive guidance on project goals and the proposed research plan.
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6 characteristics (size, weight, fuel economy, emissions) as well as the time and location of travel.
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7 • Once initiated, the transition to VMT fees may occur more rapidly than expected. Researchers and analysts have developed several intriguing options, involving both carrots and sticks, that would promote more rapid adoption of the required metering equipment on a voluntary basis.
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8 Chapters 5 and 6 synthesize information gleaned in the earlier research to identify the salient factors in assessing VMT-fee systems and the key functional and technical components of such systems. The evaluation framework presented in Chapter 5 considers the metering capabilities of alternate technical configurations along with other issues of interest such as the cost of infrastructure and ongoing operations, technical risk, administrative complexity, ease of enforcement, burden on road users, and privacy concerns.
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