03-05-2019, 08:01 AM
www.HiRUC.org
The Hawaii RUC Project is conducting a 36-month study (funded by a $4M Federal grant) to determine the best way to charge drivers a per-mile fee for using the roads. Fuel tax revenue is decreasing due to better fuel efficiency and electric cars, and Hawaii plans to be energy self-sufficient by 2045, so it's important to figure out how to replace the "missing" money.
Obviously they will have to adopt all the "privately owned" roads. (They "could" apportion the money by requiring people to install GPS trackers, but in practice they would just keep the money, same as they do now.)
I further predict that the new fee won't replace the gas tax, nor will it prevent future increases of the vehicle weight tax and registration fees.
The Hawaii RUC Project is conducting a 36-month study (funded by a $4M Federal grant) to determine the best way to charge drivers a per-mile fee for using the roads. Fuel tax revenue is decreasing due to better fuel efficiency and electric cars, and Hawaii plans to be energy self-sufficient by 2045, so it's important to figure out how to replace the "missing" money.
Obviously they will have to adopt all the "privately owned" roads. (They "could" apportion the money by requiring people to install GPS trackers, but in practice they would just keep the money, same as they do now.)
I further predict that the new fee won't replace the gas tax, nor will it prevent future increases of the vehicle weight tax and registration fees.