The program uses two mileage-reporting options and three different account management vendors according to the BATIC Institute, one which involved GPS tracking and one that did not: The first was launched in 2007 and the second one in 2012. In 2015, Oregon established its own pilot called the OReGO Program, which is the state’s third iteration of a road usage charge (RCU) program. Several states have employed their own pilot programs over the years, mostly in Democrat-run states. “Alongside improvements over the last few decades in fuel efficiency, increased use of alternative fuel vehicles, the loss of fuel tax purchasing power, and the ever-growing costs of maintaining the nation’s transportation network,” there is recognition that our current funding model is not sustainable “to keep pace with long-term system needs,” according to the report, which also named climate change as the main reason to consider a per mile fee system. The hearing focused on using vehicle miles traveled or VMT user-fee as a means of remedying the growing impact of increased fuel efficiency and the slow phasing in of electric vehicles on the current gas tax system. AASHTO noted that there has been no increase in the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993.

This shortfall must be addressed for us to move forward with a bill.” Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), during Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on April 14, said that “the Highway Trust Fund, which is the source of funding for federal surface transportation projects, is once again – as it has over the last several years – facing a cash shortfall. The federal government has been searching for a way to continue bringing in transportation-related taxes to boost the Highway Trust Fund, according to a report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). It also supposedly presents an alternative to the gas tax, which continues to bring in less revenue every year as vehicles become more fuel efficient and/or electric. Ultimately, the per mile fee pilot program is reportedly designed “to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and (B) to improve and maintain the surface transportation system,” according to the text. Any other method that the Secretary considers appropriate.Motor vehicle data obtained from fueling stations.Data from the States that received a grant under section 6020 of the FAST Act.Motor vehicle data obtained by car insurance companies.Telemetric data collected by automakers.Third-party on-board diagnostic (OBD-II) devices.Possible recording methods listed in the bill include:

The secretary of transportation would start piecing the $10 million pilot program together no more than 90 days after the bill’s passage and would implement the plan no more than a year later, according to the text.

The secretary of the treasury would annually establish a per mile user fee for “passenger motor vehicles, light trucks, and medium- and heavy-duty trucks,” and the amount charged could vary between vehicle types and weight classes to “reflect estimated impacts on infrastructure, safety, congestion, the environment, or other related social impacts.” In the name of fighting “climate change” and funding future infrastructure, the federal government would most likely have to track everywhere Americans drive at varying degrees, all while reportedly keeping private data safe.Īt first, and on a strictly volunteer basis, the secretary of transportation would track participants from all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico using various methods to record vehicle miles. And it is exactly what it sounds like - the more you drive, the more you pay. Senate’s 2,700-page, so-called “infrastructure” bill, are the plans for a national “per mile fee” pilot program.

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