Implementable Strategies for Shifting to Direct Usage-Based Charges for Transportation Funding (2009) / Chapter Skim
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118 APPENDIX C EXPERT PANEL WORKSHOP As part of the process for gathering expert input on user-based fee mechanisms, the project team held a day-long workshop on April 23, 2009 at AASHTO headquarters in Washington, DC.
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119 • The available technologies are sufficiently flexible that they can be deployed to meet specific policy objectives. • Debit cards could be made to work with any option.
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120 Obstacles • State legislation will be required for almost any system. The willingness of state legislatures to pass such legislation may vary from state to state.
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121 Large-scale Trials • The group favored several trial programs, to be operated in different states. The best type would be a full-scale trial, of perhaps tens of thousands of vehicles, that incorporates realworld issues of revenue collection, police enforcement, multi-state boundaries, and various partnerships.
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122 • States require the option of implementing their own fees on top of any federal fee. It is important to remember that some states have additional taxes on fuel besides the per-gallon excise tax.
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123 • People generally do not know how much they pay in gas taxes (on average about $10 per month)
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124 • C.2. List of Workshop Participants and Affiliations Project Team: Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, and Liisa Ecola, RAND Corporation Max Donath and Lee Munnich, University of Minnesota Betty Serian, Betty Serian Associates Representatives from the NCHRP Project Panel: Andrew Lemer, NCHRP/TRB Neil Schuster, Cian Cashin, and Ian Grossman, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)
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