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Book Examining the Impacts of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee for Daily Weekday Travel

Download or read book Examining the Impacts of a Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee for Daily Weekday Travel written by Michael Alexander Moore and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mileage-based taxes have been suggested as a long-term solution for collecting fees from highway users. Clustering was used to group respondents to an Oregon traveler survey based on daily travel characteristics. State fuel tax and equivalent VMT taxes are assessed to evaluate the change in revenue associated with a switch to a VMT tax structure and potential impacts upon respondent groups. The difference in revenues were evaluated on a per trip, daily trip, and annual basis. Results show that there is little difference in yearly revenues associated with a switch to VMT fee, with all user groups seeing less than 5% increase compared to fuel tax. The VMT fee is found to be marginally more regressive than the fuel tax. Relative to urban households, rural households were less impacted than urban households resulting from a switch to a VMT fee. Alternative fee structures were developed based on state gas tax revenue distribution and yielded results that when accounting for demand responses showed improvements in the regressivity of the VMT fee

Book A More Perfect User Fee

Download or read book A More Perfect User Fee written by Heath Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States is currently facing a highway funding crisis. Both federal and state transportation budgets are under mounting duress as road maintenance and construction costs continue to outpace revenues each year. While a number of factors contribute to this problem, one of the primary causes is the inherently flawed nature of gas taxes, which provide the vast majority of revenues for the nation0́9s surface transportation system. In response to growing budgetary shortfalls and the increasingly apparent shortcomings of gas taxes, state and federal policymakers have begun searching for an alternative approach to funding and financing roads. Recently, a concept known as a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee has gained popularity among transportation policy experts and policymakers as a potential replacement for the gas tax. Under a VMT fee system, drivers pay for their actual road use instead of, as now, for the motor fuel they consume. Although the concept is new and there exists very little real-world experience with a VMT fee, several pilot studies conducted within the last decade in the United States have demonstrated their potential as a viable, long-term solution to the nation0́9s road funding challenges. In this paper, I examine the concept of VMT fees and evaluate specific VMT fee systems that have been proposed as alternatives to the gas tax. I begin with an overview of the current gas tax system in the United States and then discuss its advantages and disadvantages as well as why it is not a sustainable funding mechanism going forward. In the second section, I examine the general concept of a VMT fee, including its potential benefits, costs, and the challenges associated with transitioning from the gas tax to a VMT fee. Section three outlines seven essential criteria that specific VMT proposals should meet in order to be considered a viable alternative. In the fourth section, I evaluate four different VMT fee proposals that have been 2 tested in pilot studies in the United States based on the six criteria spelled out in Section 3. In section 5, I compare and contrast the four proposals and discuss their relative advantages and disadvantages. Section 6 concludes with recommendations for implementing a VMT fee in the United States.

Book Impacts of Compressed Work Week on Vehicle Trips and Miles Traveled

Download or read book Impacts of Compressed Work Week on Vehicle Trips and Miles Traveled written by University of Southern California. School of Urban and Regional Planning and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Road Travel Demand Meeting the Challenge

Download or read book Road Travel Demand Meeting the Challenge written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2002-04-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides case studies and examples that demonstrate successful approaches to grappling with gridlock around the globe.

Book The Effects of Travel Time Delay on Vehicle Miles Traveled and Travel Mode Choice Behavior

Download or read book The Effects of Travel Time Delay on Vehicle Miles Traveled and Travel Mode Choice Behavior written by Reza Sardari and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traffic congestion is a crucial factor for understanding travel behavior. The scientific evidence has shown that traffic congestion affects air quality, public health, and economic development, but empirical studies about the effects of travel time delays on travel behavior are limited. This research aims to address this gap by developing a time related mobility measure, or "delay score," and analyzing its impact on VMT and commuters' mode choices within a comprehensive framework that incorporates the built environment, demographics, and residential preference/self-selection factors. In this framework, VMT per household and travel mode choice were examined using SEM and GSEM techniques, respectively.This study used travel survey data from the 2015 Puget Sound Regional Council to analyze household daily VMT and commuter mode choice. Using GPS-based travel survey data combined with spatial analysis techniques, secondary data sources were considered in the analysis to examine factors such as VMT, non-motorized travel, and transit use. Built environment variables were measured at both the origins and destinations of trips. The study also incorporated socioeconomic and residential self-selection variables. Subsequently, factor analysis was used to represent residential self selection and the land use density dimension of the built environment.The findings indicate that higher travel time delay is associated with lower VMT per household, as doubling delay is associated with a 20 percent decrease in household VMT. The findings provide support for policies and regulations aiming to increase density and mixed-use development, reduce road capacity, and improve walkability and access to transit. Increasing the cost of driving relative to other modes is one strategy supported by smart growth policies to reduce VMT and encourage taking public transit or choosing non-motorized modes of travel. The findings suggest that access to free parking at workplaces encourages workers to drive alone, whereas providing free transit passes encourages them to take transit. Additionally, the results indicate that vehicle ownership--as a mid-term indicator--is more related to socioeconomic factors, whereas daily VMT--as a short-term indicator--is more related to built environment factors and residential self-selection. Future research should examine the effects of traffic congestion longitudinally and attempt to analyze disaggregated data at the national level to further our understanding of traffic congestion and its impacts on travel behavior.

Book Equity Evaluation of Vehicle Miles Traveled Fees in Texas

Download or read book Equity Evaluation of Vehicle Miles Traveled Fees in Texas written by Mark Whitman Burris and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Contract Work Hours Act and Walsh Healey Act Amendments

Download or read book Contract Work Hours Act and Walsh Healey Act Amendments written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Working Paper

Download or read book Working Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Transportation Statistics

Download or read book Transportation Statistics written by Brian W. Sloboda and published by J. Ross Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, transportation systems have been judged on performance-based outcomes, thus, quantitative methods have become increasingly important to such assessments. This definitive reference will equip you with state-of-the-art statistical tools used in transportation modeling, how to interpret results and analyze the implications of those results.

Book Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse

Download or read book Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jersey City Hudson River Waterfront Transportation Corridor Improvements Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System HBLRTS Hudson County Bergen County

Download or read book Jersey City Hudson River Waterfront Transportation Corridor Improvements Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System HBLRTS Hudson County Bergen County written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: