Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase I Evaluation: Pre-Deployment Activities for a User-Based Fee Demonstration by the Minnesota Department of Transportation

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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Operations
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
ops.fhwa.dot.gov

December 2020
FHWA-HOP-19-042

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Table of Contents

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Executive Summary
	Background
	Minnesota Pre-Deployment Activities for a User-Based Fee Demonstration
		Phase I Vision and Goals
	Major Findings
		Key Findings of the Minnesota Approach
Chapter 1. Introduction
	Background of Alternative Transportation Revenue Explorations
	Minnesota Department of Transportation's Phase I Program
	Organization of this Report
Chapter 2. Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program
	Program Purpose
	Program Approach
	Eligible Activities
Chapter 3. Pre-Deployment Activities for a Minnesota User-Based Fee Demonstration
	Distance-Based User Fee Program Goal and Objectives
	Key Components of the Minnesota Pre-Deployment Approach
		Collaboration With and Recruitment of Mobility-as-a-Service Providers
		Modeling Pricing Strategies and Exploring Multimodal Pricing Options
		Stakeholder Outreach and Developing and Executing Legislative Strategies
		Planning and Design for Deployment in Phase II Demonstration Including Designing Back Office Operations
Chapter 4. Independent Evaluation Methodology
	Evaluation Approach
	Evaluation Framework — U.S. Department of Transportation Questions
	Evaluation Process
		Kick-Off Meeting
		Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting Workshops
		Conference Call Update
Chapter 5. Major Findings
	Minnesota's Proposed System Overview
	Summary of System-Oriented Parameters
		Data Security
		Charging Accuracy, Precision, and Repeatability
		Flexibility to Adapt and Expand
		Enforcement and Compliance
		System Cost
	Summary of User-Oriented Parameters
		User Privacy — Perceived and Real
		Equity — Disparate Impacts Across Populations
		Ease of Use and Public Acceptance
Chapter 6. Summary and Implications for National Implementation
Chapter 7. References

List of Figures

Figure 1. Illustration. Minnesota's proposed distance-based fee concept.

Figure 2. Disgram. Exploratory research for road usage charge technology options logic model.

Figure 3. Diagram. Minnesota mileage-based user fee demonstration proof of concept functional architecture.

Figure 4. Chart. Survey respondents' perception on the extent that a distance-based user fee will affect them.

List of Tables

Table 1. Key features of the Minnesota approach.

Table 2. Key Minnesota Phase I program activities at a glance.

Table 3. Assessment framework.

Table 4. System attributes.

Table 5. 2018 Transportation Research Board workshop questions.

Table 6. Minnesota's Phase I summary as articulated at the 2018 workshop.

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