A VMT pilot program in Minnesota used smartphones and Bluetooth devices attached to the diagnostics port on the vehicle to capture data about when and where participants were driving.ĭrivers could also be allowed to choose how they share their data. Most people already carry an “on-board unit” everywhere they go-a smartphone. First, administrators could make use of the devices people already have. Privacy concerns could be addressed in several ways. It's been clear for years that the gas tax has been losing its ability to pay for America's existing roads and bridges, let alone improvements and new construction. Policymakers may be confronted by three major hurdles in enacting a VMT fee: concerns about privacy, the idea of double taxation during the conversion period to VMT from gas tax, and political will. And electric vehicle owners pay nothing.īut any new tax is unpopular, and a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee would be no exception. People with very fuel-efficient vehicles-the Toyota Camry Hybrid gets 52 miles per gallon-pay far less than drivers of other cars even though both may impose equal burdens on the infrastructure.
The two main culprits are the failure to keep up with inflation and the increasing efficiency of vehicles. But it's been clear for years that the gas tax has been losing its ability to pay for America's existing roads and bridges, let alone improvements and new construction. The gas tax? Still a bargain at 18.4 cents.įor generations, the gas tax has been a rough approximation of a mileage fee: Your gas consumption more or less correlated with how much you drive. Now that ticket is $9.16, the bread is $2.08 and that car, $38,723.
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When the gas tax was raised to 18.4 cents per gallon in 1993, a movie ticket cost $4.14, a loaf of bread, $1.57 and a new car, $12,705.
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