rose from just 0.1% of total car sales in 2011 to 4.6% in 2021, according to the U.S. “The impetus at this point is less about collecting revenue than about establishing these systems, working out the kinks, getting the public comfortable with it, expanding awareness around it,” he said.Įlectric car sales in the U.S. Some states also are testing electronic tolling systems.īut road usage charges - also known as mileage-based user fees, distance-based fees or vehicle-miles-traveled taxes - are attracting the bulk of the academic attention, research dollars and legislative activity.ĭoug Shinkle, transportation program director at the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures, predicts that after some 20 years of anticipation, more than a decade of pilot projects and years of voluntary participation, making programs mandatory is the next logical step. Last year, Colorado began adding a 27-cent tax to home deliveries from Amazon and other online retailers to help fund transportation projects.
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Many states have implemented stopgap measures, such as imposing additional taxes or registration fees on electric vehicles and, more recently, adding per-kilowatt-hour taxes to electricity accessed at public charging stations. Without action, the gap could reach $67 billion by 2050 due to fuel efficiency alone, Boston-based CDM Smith estimates. So far, only three states - Oregon, Utah and Virginia - are generating revenue from road usage charges, despite the looming threat of an ever-widening gap between states’ gas tax proceeds and their transportation budgets. The federal government is about to pilot its own such program, funded by $125 million from the infrastructure measure President Joe Biden signed in November 2021. states face as they experiment with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, whose purchasing power is less each year, in part due to inflation, fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars. “It’s probably a good thing, but on top of everybody else’s stress today, it’s just one more thing,” she said of Oregon's first-in-the-nation initiative, which is run by the state transportation department where her son serves as a survey analyst.īurroughs’ reluctance exemplifies the myriad hurdles U.S. She figures it's far less hassle to just pay at the pump, as Americans have done for more than a century. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserting a tracking device on her Nissan Murano to record the miles she drives to get groceries or attend needlepoint meetings. Andrew Selsky/APĬOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. states are experimenting with road usage charging programs aimed at one day replacing motor fuel taxes, which are generating less each year, in part due to fuel efficiency and the rise of electric cars. The federal government also receives vaccine data from the Department of Defense, Veteran Affairs, the Bureau of Prisons, and other federal agencies, which has not been shared with the state Department of Health.Comments Evan Burroughs, who touts the virtues of an Oregon pilot program that charges motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it uses, displays a tracking device the program uses, in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday June 21, 2023. That’s partly driven by the fact that the state uses 2020 population data from its own Office of Financial Management, while the federal government uses data from 2019. It was later revealed that vaccine percentages used by the federal government differ from Washington’s own numbers. “We’ve had considerable success on vaccinations, and we are now close to being able to essentially fully reopen our state.”Įarlier in the week, there was confusion over whether Washington had in fact crested the 70% mark already, after White House senior advisor Andy Slavitt took to Twitter to issue words of congratulations to the state for appearing to have reached its goal.Ĭongratulations to Washington state, the 11th state to surpass vaccinating 70% of adults with at least one dose.Ĭongratulations to Maryland and California- the 11th and 12th state to reach 70% of the adult population with a first dose. “This is an amazing moment in our state,” Inslee said during a Wednesday press conference.
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