Some analyses of the effect of attitudes, transit access, and fuel efficiency on changes in miles driven

691258903Final report; Oct. 16, 2007-Sept. 30, 2008.PDFTech ReportOTREC-RR-09-0208-116DriversFeesCongestion pricingUser chargesMode choiceOregonOregon Transportation Research and Education ConsortiumRufolo, Anthony M.Portland State UniversityNTL-OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLS-CongestionNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic ImpactsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYUS Transportation CollectionThe Oregon Department of Transportation tested a system to collect a vehicle-based mileage fee as a replacement for the Oregon gas tax. Thisproject reports on additional analysis of the data from that experiment. Subjects include analysis of the consistency of attitudes as expressed inparticipant surveys at the beginning, midpoint, and end of the experiment; differences in changes in rush hour mileage by day and by a.m. versusp.m. rush hours; analysis of whether the shift from a fuel tax to a mileage charge caused notable differences in response based on the fuelefficiency of the vehicle; analysis of the effect of level of transit service and distance to transit access on the responses to mileage pricing; andmore refined analysis of the effect of household income on the response to pricing