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Title:

Findings from the National Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees

Accession Number:

01340318

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The fuel tax, which represents the traditional funding mechanism for the nation’s transportation system, is rapidly losing its ability to support system needs. Federal environmental regulations and the escalating price of fossil fuels have created a strong incentive to develop and utilize more fuel-efficient vehicles. Given the challenges associated with the declining sustainability of the fuel tax, the likely successor is a road user fee largely based on actual usage. In April 2009, transportation professionals representing more than 50 organizations gathered for a national Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees in Austin, Texas to participate in a two-day event to advance the discussion of mileage-based user fees as an alternative funding mechanism to the fuel tax. The second national Symposium on Mileage-based User Fees was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in April 2010. Both events closed with an interactive discussion session during which the same three key questions were posed on challenges, transition and research needs. This paper summarizes the general themes of discussion surrounding the three key questions posed during the closing session of both events, contrasting the responses from the first year to the second. Although the general consensus of the symposium participants was that the discussion of the topic of mileage-based fees is in fact advancing, the responses from the second event largely mirror those of the first event, indicating that many of the most difficult challenges and transition issues remain largely unaddressed. The results are instructive for agencies seeking to advance mileage-based user fees because the perspectives articulated during the interactive discussion represent views of a broad cross section of transportation stakeholders.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-3194

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Goodin, Ginger D
Baker, Richard Tremain
Munnich Jr, Lee W

Pagination:

11p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (12)

Subject Areas:

Finance; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-3194

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 6:26PM