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

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Preface; Chapter 1; Mileage-Based Road User Charges(; Summary; Introduction; How Road User Charges Might Work; GPS-Based Mileage Fee System; Pay at the Pump; Odometer Readings; Prepaid Manual Mileage Fee System; Offering Users a Choice of Charging Methods; Cost of Collection and Administration; Electronic Billing and Collection; Credit and Bank Card Fees; Charging Unbanked and Underbanked Users; Billing and Enforcement; Which Vehicles Would Be Charged?; Federal-State Relations; Treatment of Existing Toll Facilities; Road User Charge and Non-road Programs.

FAST Act Section 6020 Pilot ProgramState-Level Experiments; Oregon; California; University of Iowa; Puget Sound Regional Council; Minnesota; Nevada; Foreign Use of Mileage-Based Road User Charges; Switzerland; Germany; Austria; Other EU Countries; Future EU Developments; New Zealand Road User Charge; End Notes; Chapter 2; Highway Trust Fund: Pilot Program Could Help Determine the Viability of Mileage Fees for Certain Vehicles*; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Abbreviations; Background; Financing of U.S. Surface Transportation Programs; Users' Fuel Tax Costs.

Mileage-based User Fee Initiatives in the United States and AbroadEvaluating User Fees; Various Initiatives Demonstrate Mileage Fee Benefits, but Privacy Concerns and Cost Challenges Hinder Passenger Vehicle Systems; Several Different Passenger Vehicle Mileage Fee Approaches Exist; GPS-based Mileage Fee Systems; Pay-at-the-Pump Mileage Fee Systems; Prepaid Manual Mileage Fee Systems; Benefits and Challenges of Passenger Vehicle Mileage Fee Systems; Privacy Challenges; Cost Challenges.

Commercial Truck User Fee Programs in Germany and New Zealand Have Raised Substantial Transportation Revenues and Produced Other BenefitsRevenues and Benefits from Germany's Heavy Goods Vehicle User Fee System; Revenues and Benefits from New Zealand's RUC Program; Commercial Truck Mileage Fee Systems Face Trade-Offs between Cost and Enforcement While Acting to Mitigate Privacy Concerns; Commercial Truck Mileage Fee Pilot Projects in the United States Also Suggest Benefits; Mileage Fees Could Generate Highway Trust Fund Revenues and Would Affect Users Differently.

Using Mileage Fees to Generate Highway Trust Fund RevenuesEffects of Mileage Fees on Users; Passenger Vehicles; Commercial Trucks; Adjusting Mileage Fees to Account for the Damage Users Impose on Roadways; States Recognize That Alternative Transportation Revenues Are Needed, and Many Would Support Federal Actions to Evaluate Mileage Fee Systems; Conclusion; Matters for Congressional Consideration; Recommendation for Executive Action; Agency Comments; Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; Appendix II: U.S.-based Pilot Projects on Mileage-based User Fees.

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