Investigating the Network System Effects of Mileage Fee
| 项目名称： | Investigating the Network System Effects of Mileage Fee |
| 摘要： | Fuel taxes have been the main source of transportation funding in the United States (US) for the last nearly six decades. Recently, there have been increasing concerns regarding this funding mechanism because the revenue from fuel taxes cannot keep up with the increasing needs for transportation infrastructure repair and rebuild. To address the critical needs in transportation finance, the concept of mileage fee (MF) has received much attention lately as an alternative way to generate transportation revenue. Under this concept, drivers are charged based on the total number of miles traveled and where the travel took place. Compared with fuel taxes, MF can generate stable revenue regardless of fuel efficiency or alternative fuels which are one of the major reasons for decreasing or steady revenue from fuel taxes. While the current research on MF mainly focuses on the technologies, public acceptance (such as privacy issues), and other financial considerations, few studies looked at the system effects of such a concept. MF, similar to other major transportation policies (such as congestion pricing), is expected to have significant impacts on driver behaviors. Since drivers make their decisions individually who are however connected by the traffic network, MF policy may generate complicated network effects as a result of driver' (potentially heterogeneous) responses. The implication is that, if not thoroughly investigated and properly designed, MF may produce unintended consequences that is not desirable from either the system manger's or the public's perspective. |
| 状态： | Completed |
| 资金： | 166199.00 |
| 资助组织： | University Transportation Research Center |
| 项目负责人： | Eickemeyer, Penny |
| 执行机构： | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 开始时间： | 20140301 |
| 实际结束时间： | 20140831 |
| 主题领域： | Data and Information Technology；Finance；Highways；Operations and Traffic Management |
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