Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase I Evaluation: Pre-Deployment of Innovative Revenue Strategies and Public Outreach by Missouri Department of Transportation

DTFH61-16-D-00053, T-0015This report presents the independent evaluation results of pre-deployment activities for a user-based fee demonstration by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). MoDOT received Federal fiscal year 2016 funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program. MoDOT is one of eight entities to engage in pilots or pre-pilot planning and development activities to explore a variety of options to demonstrate user-based alternative revenue mechanisms. The U.S. Congress and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) seek to understand whether a user-based alternative revenue mechanism that utilizes a user-fee structure can help maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and can be implemented nationally at some time in the future. As part of this endeavor, the FHWA is evaluating seven of the eight grantee sites that received funding in Federal FY2016.The evaluation reports resulting from this process will make the Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Congress aware of the progress that has been made, lessons learned from initial pilot and planning efforts, the role of education and outreach, the potential for any negative impacts on constituents, and initial findings on administrative fees, among other issues