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- Shared Mobility: The rise of ride-sharing and car-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, and their impact on urban transportation and infrastructure
- Electrification: The shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) and the necessary changes in charging infrastructure, incentives, and regulatory frameworks
- Automation: The advent of autonomous vehicles and their potential to revolutionize traffic management, safety, and road usage
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- Why Metro is studying congestion pricing in LA County
- How pricing combined with reinvestment and assistance programs can ease traffic, speed up buses, reduce pollution and enhance access to opportunity
- Why political buy-in and public support for pricing can be challenging but are critical
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Outline principles to advance equity in the design and impact of road user charge
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Outline community engagement processes in the design and implementation of road user charge
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Provide an example of a city that has incorporated these equity principles and processes into their pricing strategy
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How and why DMVs are integral to the success of a RUC program
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Stressing the need for interagency cooperation
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What considerations to review if looking for a DMV to administer a RUC
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- Examples from US states that have been successful in their bids
- How to ensure you get the maximum grant possible
- What to do and what not to do
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- How have states started their RUC journey?
- What are the pros and cons of different approaches to starting work on RUC?
- How do federal RUC programs influence state choices?
13:55
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- Lessons learned
- Updated figures
- Planning for the future
14:20
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- The latest tolling trends in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and America
- How EVs are impacting RUCs
- Lessons from around the world
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- Why Colorado first turned to tolled lanes
- Colorado's first-of-its-kind system to address safety and toll evasion issues
- Messaging with the public on tolled lanes and safety enforcement
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What EV owners are saying about RUC in Hawaii
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How public agencies are collaborating for a smooth launch of Hawaii's RUC program
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How counties can leverage a state-led RUC program to create a sustainable local revenue stream
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- Creates an Advisory Board to provide recommendations related to the structure, scope, and methodology for developing and implementing a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee pilot program.
- Assists with designing and carrying out a public awareness campaign for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee and pilot test.
- Conducts a National Pilot Test including all 50 States and the territories of Washington DC and Puerto Rico.
- Reports to Congress with pilot test results on HTF revenue generation, stability of funding, ease of administration, resistance to fraud, viable technologies, ease/convenience of operation, equity, privacy, and levels of public acceptance at a national scale.
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- Both require an onboard unit to track vehicle movement and charge appropriate fees. The onboard unit within the vehicles must link to a registered account and individual responsible for payment.
- Reciprocity between State, local transportation providers enable transaction integration.
- Enforcement policies and cost-effective solutions ensure compliance.
- Public education and communication regarding rationale and procedures is essential for acceptance
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10:15
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- Inflationary factors are limiting the ability to build and maintain transportation networks
- Indexing revenue sources to inflation can ensure future funding matches construction costs at the time of delivery
- How to incorporate indexing into a RUC for sustainable transportation funding
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- Distance-based charging
- Electronic tolling integrations
- Local option technologies
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- Exploring the differences and synergies between these systems
- Which is more effective?
- What does a tolling infrastructure that incorporates RUC look like?
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- Exploring how less traditional financing methods can be integrated with traditional public-private partnerships to fund EV charging infrastructure projects
- Understanding how less traditional financing methods could make EV charging infrastructure more accessible across different communities
- Analyzing the role of less traditional financing methods in accelerating the deployment of EV charging infrastructure, particularly in underserved areas
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- Overview of the scheme
- Pilot conclusions
- Future recommendations
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- Why gas taxes are no longer feasible
- Sustainable alternatives to the gas tax
- Public perceptions of Road Usage Charges (RUCs)
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