Record Nr.

UNINA9910150313003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York : , : Novinka, , [2017]
©2017

ISBN

1-5361-0499-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Transportation issues, policies and R&D

Disciplina

336.2

Soggetti

Transportation, Automotive - Cost of operation

Roads - Finance

User charges

Transportation, Automotive - Taxation

Motor vehicles - Taxation

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910893977303321