Implementable Strategies for Shifting to Direct Usage-Based Charges for Transportation Funding (2009) / Chapter Skim
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18 3. RELEVANT PROGRAMS, PROPOSALS, AND STUDIES The concept of distance-based user fees has received considerable attention over the past decade, with examples spanning the range from preliminary research and pilot projects to planning and full-scale implementation.
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19 The remainder of this chapter looks at each of these categories in greater detail, listing for each some of the best known examples and discuss policy goals, pricing structure (as a function of policy goals) , technical implementation options, enforcement approaches, administrative structures, and public acceptance concerns.
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20 Pricing Variations. At a minimum, proposals and programs in this category involve levying road use charges on the basis of distance traveled.
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21 required to reconcile the amount of fuel taxes paid at the point of wholesale with fuel taxes debited at the retail level (Whitty 2003)
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22 • The Oregon concept (Whitty and Svadlenak 2009) Policy Motivations.
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23 resistant – that is, that a driver will not be able to temporarily disable the device without being caught in a subsequent inspection (inspections might be performed during random roadside checks or on a periodic basis, e.g. once per year)
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24 • Progressive Insurance, offering PAYD insurance in nine states (Donohue 2008, Progressive Insurance undated) • Aviva, offering PAYD insurance in Canada (Bettencourt 2005, Insurance-Canada 2005)
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25 year) checks of the odometer.
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26 inspections (entailing high operational costs) or sophisticated in-vehicle equipment (entailing high capital cost)
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