Why should fuel-efficient vehicles pay the same mileage fee rate as gas guzzlers?
This issue must be looked at from two perspectives. One is environmental and resource conservation. The other is transportation revenue. From the environmental perspective, the Road User Fee Task Force agrees it makes sense to encourage the proliferation of more fuel-efficient vehicles on to the roads as quickly as possible. On the other hand, from the transportation revenue perspective, fuel-efficient vehicles produce less fuel tax revenue because they consume less gasoline. While it is good policy to preserve our environment and our resources, it is not good policy to let transportation revenues decline so that the transportation system cannot be properly maintained or modernized. This may sound like a policy contradiction, but it need not be. The Road User Fee Task Force believes both perspectives must be considered in making policy. The task force prefers a strict user fee for transportation revenue while encouraging purchases of fuel-efficient vehicles, such as hybrid electric veh
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