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xxxiii Table S.4. Summary of Options for Comprehensive System Trials (cont)
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1 1. INTRODUCTION Current federal and state motor fuel excise taxes are beset with structural and political liabilities that have undermined their ability to raise sufficient transportation revenue over recent decades.
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2 activities that might be funded, possibly in the next surface transportation bill, to resolve uncertainties and prepare for possible deployment in the 2015 to 2020 timeframe. The identified activities included planning and policy guidance, analytic studies, technical research and development (R&D)
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3 Before proceeding further, it is also worth adding a brief comment on terminology. Specifically, this report uses the term "trials" to describe a set of activities that involves (a)
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4 be considered in designing and implementing an expanded set of VMT-fee trials. Though the study included thorough background research and some supporting analysis, the scope did not support highly detailed evaluation of each individual topic.
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5 be pursued, and in turn how the trials could be scoped and organized to support that vision. The three frameworks can be summarized as follows: • Help states help themselves (state framework)
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6 matter for policy judgment. Based on the selection of a particular framework, questions on how to scope and structure the trials would then become less ambiguous.
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7 • Duration of the trials: The trials would last four to six years, including one to two years for initial preparation and planning, two to three years of actual trials, and a final year for evaluation. • Cost of the trials: Preliminary evaluation suggests that the trials would cost roughly $2,000 to $4,000 per vehicle, including about $1,000 for the metering and billing services over a three year period plus an additional $1,000 to $3,000 for additional trial activities (planning, management, analysis, interaction with participants, and the like)
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8 begins with a brief review of prior and ongoing trials and programs involving distance-based road use charges, both in the United States and abroad. Drawing upon this material, it then identifies a spectrum of VMT-fee implementation concepts -- including options for metering mileage, collecting payment, preventing evasion, and protecting privacy -- and considers their relative strengths, limitations, and uncertainties.
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