Colorado Department of Transportation released the results of a pay as you drive pilot study & here’s the results:
- There will be credit for any payment of the gas tax
- Participants reported that the pay as you drive system is fair
- CDOT remains unsure about the future of the pay as you drive program
The parameters for the pilot:
- 4 months
- Participants from 27 Colorado counties
- Participants reported how much they drove by:
- using GPS tracker
- photographing their odometer
- other technology that tracked distance using travel time and wind speed
- CDOT then calculated what would be paid if the fee was 1.2 cents per mile
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