Road Charge Projects
California Four Phase Demonstration
A key recommendation from the 2017 pilot was to explore whether paying at the pump could work for a road charge just like it does for the gas tax. How could the user experience be as easy as possible? With support from a federal Surface Transportation Funding Alternative grant, California is testing how road charge can work with four technologies: usage-based insurance, ridesharing, electric vehicle charging stations/pay-at-the-pump systems, and autonomous vehicles.
The Four Phase Demonstration was held January through June 2021. An evaluation of the demonstration and a final report are in development to summarize demonstration operations, findings, and next steps.
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