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Funding the Future of Transportation North Carolina F1RST Commission - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Funding the Future of Transportation North Carolina F1RST Commission - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Funding the Future of Transportation North Carolina F1RST Commission Meeting Carlos Braceras, P.E., Executive Director Utah Department of Transportation UDOTs Strategic Goals Zero Preserve Optimize Fatalities Infrastructure Mobility
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Zero Fatalities Preserve Infrastructure Optimize Mobility
UDOT’s Strategic Goals
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Utah State Highway System
- 5,865 centerline miles
- Statutorily defined, Title 72 Chapter 4
- Higher functional classification roads
Functional Classification
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State of Utah Budget
Fiscal Year 2020
Transportation
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UDOT’s Budget
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Funding Transportation for the Near-Term Future
- 2003/2004 Legislative Task
Force: “Reliance on fuel tax alone will never be adequate for highway needs.”
- H.B. 1008 (2005)
Transportation Investment Act
- H.B. 362 (2015) Transportation
Infrastructure Funding
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https://udot.utah.gov/strategic-direction
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Transportation Investment Fund Revenue
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S.B. 80 (2016) – 1/16th¢
80% 60% 40%
20% 0% 20%
Water Infrastructure Amendment
40% 60% 80% 100%
$24,381,613 $30,993,085 $16,823,313 $8,706,064 $0
Funding Received
2018 $38,741,356 2019 $40,636,022 2020 $42,058,282 2021 $43,530,322 2022 $45,053,884 $16,254,409 $7,748,271 $25,234,969 $34,824,258
Funding Received
$45,053,884
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S.B. 80 (2016) – .05% Sales Tax
83% 66% 50%
33% 0% 17%
Utah General Fund
33%
50%
66% 83%
$19,235,820 $22,929,154 $14,931,058 $10,301,400 $0
Funding Received
2018 $27,516,085 2019 $28,852,287 2020 $29,862,117 2021 $30,907,291 2022 $31,989,046
$9,616,467 $4,586,931 $14,931,058 $20,605,891
Funding Received
$26,656,472
100%
$5,332,574 $33,108,663
17%
2023 $33,108,663
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Transportation Fund Revenue
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National Fuel Tax Purchasing Power Decline
- 46%
- 22%
Indexing to CPI Road Usage Fees Utah Legislative Countermeasures:
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23 Billion Miles 51 Billion Miles 33 Billion Miles
+40%
Utah Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Projection
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The Case for a Road Usage Charge Program
Scales with Inflation User Pays Principle (Fairness) Long-Term Sustainable Funding Source
Scales With Inflation User Pays Principle (Fairness) Long-Term Sustainable Funding Source Somewhat No No Somewhat Somewhat Somewhat Yes Yes Yes Registration Fee Fuel Tax Road Usage Charge
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Total Annual Gas Tax Costs for Utah Drivers
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Size & Growth of Utah’s Electric Vehicle Fleet
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Utah’s Alt-Fuel Vehicle Payment Choice
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Rural & Low-income Households Benefit From RUC
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- S.B. 136 (2017)
- Administrative rules filed
- RUC rate set at 1.5 cents/mile
- Vendor began system testing in October 2019
- Full system launches to the public on January 1, 2020
Utah’s Road Usage Charge Program Implementation Timeline
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Current RUC System Challenges
- Public education
- Technology
- Administrative costs
- Out-of-state driving
- Privacy perceptions
- Data accuracy
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