Road user charges based on mileage : considerations and viability / Jacqueline Russell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russell, Jacqueline, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation issues, policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation, Automotive--Cost of operation.

Transportation, Automotive.

Roads--Finance.

Roads.

User charges.

Transportation, Automotive--Taxation.

Motor vehicles--Taxation.

Motor vehicles.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, [2017]

Summary:

"A mileage-based road user charge would involve assessing owners of individual vehicles on a per-mile basis for the distance the vehicle is driven. Currently, federal highway and public transportation programs are funded mainly by motor fuel tax receipts that flow into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The tax rates, set on a per-gallon basis, have not been raised since 1993, and receipts have been insufficient to support the transportation programs authorized by Congress since FY2008. The long-term viability of motor fuels taxes is also questionable because of increasing vehicle fuel efficiency and the wider use of electric vehicles. Economists have favored the use of mileage-based user charges as an alternative to motor fuels taxes to support highway funding. This book examines consideration and viability of road user charges based on mileage."--Preface.

Contents:

Mileage-based road user charges / Robert S. Kirk and Marc Levinson

Highway Trust Fund: pilot program could help determine the viability of mileage fees for certain vehicles / United States Government Accountability Office.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2016).

ISBN:

1-5361-0499-X