Colorado Road Usage Charge Pilot Program

In late 2016/early 2017 the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) conducted an operational pilot of the Road Usage Charge (RUC) concept as a possible transportation funding replacement to the state gas tax. The Colorado Road Usage Charge Pilot Program (RUCPP) involved a total of 147 participating vehicles that used one of three mileage-reporting mechanisms to record miles traveled and simulate fees based on that travel. Participants were drawn from transportation stakeholder groups as well as the general public with participation stratified to achieve geographic representation. Participation was also stratified based on vehicular fuel efficiency. Overall support for the operational pilot and the RUC concept itself remained high among pilot participants and there were no major technical issues encountered. A number of policy-related issues were identified throughout the course of the pilot. This report provides a summary of the RUCPP.

• Record URL:
  https://www.codot.gov/programs/ruc/programs/ruc/documents/rucpp-final-report
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• Corporate Authors:

  CH2M

  Englewood, CO  United States 

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  Research Branch
  Denver, CO  United States  80204

  WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

  Washington, DC  United States 

  PRR Incorporated

  Seattle, WA  United States 
• Publication Date: 2017-12-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 140p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financing; Highway travel; Mileage-based user fees; Pilot studies; User charges
• Geographic Terms: Colorado
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01666527
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CDOT-2017-11
• Contract Numbers: 316-03
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 23 2018 4:43PM