08:30
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20 mins
08:50
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10 mins
09:00
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25 mins
- Understanding the history and evolution of RUC in the USA and how it relates to other forms of charging
- Overview of the concepts, business approaches, and technology alternatives
- What the future holds for RUC
09:25
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25 mins
- How to make the border-to-border pilot a success in a nation as large and diverse as the USA
- What interplay is needed between Capitol Hill, State DOTs and the Government Accountability Office?
- Challenges, opportunities, and lessons
09:50
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25 mins
- Overview and status update on RUC programs and pilots on the east coast
- What went well, what went wrong
- What was learned through implementation and operation of the programs
10:15
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25 mins
- Overview and status update on RUC programs and pilots on the west coast
- What went well, what went wrong
- What was learned through implementation and operation of the programs
10:40
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40 mins
11:20
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25 mins
- After a decade of comprehensive research and extensive testing of road usage charging (RUC), Washington State has become a national RUC leader
- Under the leadership of the State Transportation Commission, Washington State is poised to launch a RUC program that will be a first of its kind in the country, taking a progressive and innovative approach
- This session will cover Washington State’s RUC research program, Forward Drive, and provide the latest happenings on RUC in the state including the Commission’s ground-breaking 2023 RUC recommendations
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11:45
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25 mins
- Challenges of working with state legislative leaders to help them understand the implications of alternative road funding methods
- How to sustain a long-term policy conversation across multiple legislative sessions
12:10
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45 mins
- What has Congress done historically and what it is doing now?
- Is Congress doing enough?
- Life beyond the FAST Act
12:55
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60 mins
13:55
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25 mins
- Analysis of the impact that a shift to RUC would have on socioeconomic equity
- Consequence of increasingly affordable highly efficient vehicles and maturity of secondary market
- Should additional policy decision be considered to mitigate the burden on low-income households?
14:20
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25 mins
- While EVs play a critical role in meeting climate goals, they erode the main transportation revenue source: fuel taxes.
- Policy considerations for introducing a RUC for EVs - incentivizing the shift without impacting transportation funding.
- Challenges, opportunities, and alternatives for capturing revenue from alternatively fuelled vehicles.
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14:45
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25 mins
- Rural and long-distance drivers often object to the per-mile fee concept
- Fear that distance-based RUC will unfairly burden them relative to urban drivers
- Is this geographic inequity real or imagined?
15:10
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40 mins
15:50
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25 mins
- Using RUC as a progressive environmental policy tool
- Harnessing user charges and the ‘polluter pays principle’ to reduce transport sector emissions
- Incentivizing mobility behaviour change
16:40
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45 mins
- Evaluating the role of metropolitan planning organisations (MPOs) in RUC planning
- Lessons learned along the way
17:25
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5 mins
08:30
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20 mins
08:50
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10 mins
09:00
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25 mins
- Exploring the differences and synergies between these systems
- Which is more effective?
- Can future infrastructure funding systems accommodate all approaches?
09:25
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25 mins
- Thoughtful and insightful development of messaging
- Addressing various audiences with messaging that is targeted and relevant based on the needs and concerns of each group
- Determining timing and frequency so the RUC adoption process goes as smoothly as possible
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09:50
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25 mins
- Why drivers refuse to surrender their driving data
- Can RUC protect driver data?
- Additional measures to enhance driver privacy
10:00
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80 mins
10:15
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25 mins
- How concerns about reduced fuel-tax revenues, pandemic-induced changes in travel behavior, equity and climate change are impacting toll rate setting parameters, policies, and processes
- Rate setting for the advancement of sustainable revenue, equity, and climate change
11:20
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20 mins
- New research and technologies
- Native automaker telematics – direct data reporting
11:45
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25 mins
- How to capture and maximise collection of toll/RUC revenues
- Can the system be fair and equitable for all users?
- Looking to tolling to inform new road funding mechanisms
12:10
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45 mins
- Solutions that respond to specific multijurisdictional challenges of the RUC transition,
- Examples of cross border and out-of-state users, enforcement and compliance, audit and financial management, and adjudication of delinquent accounts
- Lessons learned from Europe’s experience of an challenges with interoperability
12:55
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60 mins
13:55
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25 mins
- Overview of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ pay-per-mile RUC scheme
- How it ensures fuel-efficient and electric vehicles pay their fair share toward covering wearing and tear on the state’s roads
- The significance of being the first mileage-based user free RUC program on the US East Coast
14:20
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25 mins
- Status update on the planned central business district tolling program in Downtown Manhattan
14:45
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25 mins
- If, where and how congestion pricing could be tested
- Results of initial technical evaluation and public meetings
- Status update on submitting pilot program and implementation plan in 2023
15:10
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40 mins
15:50
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25 mins
- Understanding of what IFTA is and who it represents
- Understanding the difficulties in achieving uniformity among states and provinces
- Utilizing the IFTA platform, process, and association to help facilitate a transition from fuel use tax to a road usage charge
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16:15
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25 mins
- The gas tax cannot meet current and long-term transportation funding needs because it continues to generate less revenue as cars become more fuel-efficient
- By 2030, as much as half of the revenue that could be collected from the gas tax will be lost to fuel efficiency
- States need to explore more sustainable transportation funding models to generate adequate revenue to support their road maintenance and improvement needs
16:40
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45 mins
- What are the options?
- Are they sustainable for addressing the systemic problems of the current gas tax funding model?
- Which states are currently researching and exploring these alternatives?
17:25
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5 mins